#Breaking News out of #Ukraine 4.49pm GMT One of the nationalist groups that were part of the demonstrations against former president Viktor Yanukovych has called on its members to mobilise and arm themselves. According to Ukrainian Pravda, Sector Right called on all its units to mobilise. This is their statement: “Being aware of all the dangers that are looming over the Ukrainian state, the headquarters of the Right Sector orderall its units to mobilise and arm, and depending on the specific situation to coordinate with the armed forces. We remind all citizens of Ukraine regardless of nationality (including Russians ) that our struggle is anti-imperial , not Russophobe . Russian empire will be destroyed. Urge Resistance Movement Caucasus and all liberation movements in Russia to step up their activities.” 4.30pm GMT The U.N. Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on the crisis in Ukraine on Saturday after Russia announced plans to send armed forces into the autonomous Crimea region of the former Soviet republic. A diplomat from Luxembourg, president of the 15-nation council this month, said the meeting would take place at 2:00 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) and was being convened at the request of Britain. Reuters 4.27pm GMT Putin’s desire to re-build the Soviet Union as a colonial power were seen as rhetoric until now, argues his biographer Masha Gessen. Now they realise he is serious and this will mean Russian aggression abroad and repression at home. Read her Observer piece here. theguardian/commentisfree/2014/mar/01/russia-invasion-ukraine-crimea
Posted on: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 17:00:51 +0000
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