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MerryBlooms

(12,163 posts)
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 12:23 PM Feb 2014

Ukraine crisis live: Russia admits its troops are moving in Crimea [View all]

Russian foreign ministry admits to entering Crimea from its Black Sea Fleet base as the Ukraine's interior minister accuses country of 'armed invasion'

17.06 Russia has just said it will give Russian passports to Ukraine's disbanded riot police.

16.57 A video has emerged to purports to show 12 Russian-combat helicopters (MI-24 & MI-8 3) flying over Sevastopol in Crimea.

16.51 The Foreign Office alert warns against all travel to Crimea, and says British nationals already there should leave by commercial means.

More:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10666893/Ukraine-crisis-live-Russia-admits-its-troops-are-moving-in-Crimea.html



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