UKRAINE: Kiev residents lambast a vote in the Russian parliament that approves a proposal by Russian president Vladimir Putin to send troops to Ukraine

Record ID: 259174

  • Title: UKRAINE: Kiev residents lambast a vote in the Russian parliament that approves a proposal by Russian president Vladimir Putin to send troops to Ukraine
  • Date: 1st March 2014
  • Summary: KIEV, UKRAINE (MARCH 1, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE KIEV'S INDEPENDENCE SQUARE
  • Embargoed: 16th March 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Ukraine
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflict,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA2REOQ4QZE4F0CU4H42S0KS4T8
  • Story Text: Ukrainians lambasted on Saturday night (March 1) a proposal by Russian president Vladimir Putin to send troops to Ukraine.
    Russia's upper house of parliament approved a proposal by Putin to deploy Russian armed forces in Ukraine's Crimea region.
    The Federation Council voted overwhelmingly to back a proposal to use "the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine until the normalisation of the socio-political situation in that country." It said the decision took effect immediately.

    "Actually, troops were deployed long time ago. It is not a secret for anyone. But I think this is an invasion on the territory of other state. I think everyone at Maidan will tell you the same, even a six-years old child," Natalya Kyrychenko, said.

    "I think that Putin violated a very important treaty that was signed by Russia, Great Britain, and the USA, and which prescribed that they have no right to invade the territory of Ukraine. I think that it will have negative results for him (Putin)," Andriy Kibysh, Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskiy resident, said.
    Mikhail Paschuk from Lugansk region said the decision marked "the beginning of the end of Putin's era".

    "His permission to deploy troops marks the beginning of the end of Putin's era. We must be calm, we must not be nervous, and everything will be ok."

    "How does Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin relate to Ukraine and to Crimea? What does he need to deploy troops for? What for? Whom does he want to protect? Are there any threats for someone?," Nelli Shylukhina from Donetsk region said.

    "Russia is nervous because we have a revolution and soon they can have a revolution. And the revolution in Ukraine will be an example. And Belarus might see what Ukraine achieved and they will achieve the same as well," activist Kazymyr Maksymchuk said.
    A Kremlin spokesman told Interfax on Saturday night Putin had not yet decided on sending russian troops to Ukraine and Moscow hopes there will be no further escalation.
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