Quote:Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) -- [Breaking News Update, 10:02 a.m. ET]

(CNN) -- Russia's upper house of parliament voted Saturday to approve the use of military force in Ukraine. The vote was unanimous.

[Original Story, published 9:23 a.m. ET]

(CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the upper house of parliament for approval to send Russian troops into Ukraine's Crimea region to normalize the political situation there, the Kremlin said Saturday.

Due to the "extraordinary situation in Ukraine," Putin said, there are threats to the lives of Russian citizens and Russian military personnel based in the southern Crimean region.

It comes on the same day that the new pro-Russian leader of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, asked Putin for help in maintaining peace in the Black Sea peninsula -- where Russia has a major naval base at Sevastopol.

International concerns are mounting that Moscow may intervene militarily in the crisis, despite warnings from the United States and other Western powers that it should respect Ukrainian sovereignty.

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DarkForgeJ Wrote:I don't think a WWIII is that near. But I agree with the fact that some countries like russia could be getting kind of ready :f6: .

Also, this doesn't look like the start of something that big to start a massive war. I had more faith in north korea starting a war than what i have now with ukraine

DavyJonesx Wrote:Imagine all of Europe being as fkd up as Ukraine.

Malthe Wrote:The problems in ukraine are because the people want to be a part of the EU while their leaders want to work closely with russia.
Why would the rest of europe be pineappleed up the way ukraine is? The majority of us are already a part of the EU and work together.

DavyJonesx Wrote:I'm pretty sure the the people of Ukraine are protesting against the corruption in the government. Ain't no one really give a pineapple about being in the EU. Or naw?

Malthe Wrote:... Do you even know what started all these protests? These protests broke out because their President Yanukovych and his governemnt rejected an accord with the european union back in november in favour of having stronger ties with russia.
People were mad because the people of ukraine generally want to be integrated with the rest of europe, and this hope of the people had been pomegranate on by the government.

So you're really pineappleing wrong if you think they don't give a pineapple about being a part of the EU.

DavyJonesx Wrote:Yea I know that's the case. But my point was that the protesters want freedom and no more corruption whether or not they are in the EU.

Corn Wrote:If WW3 starts just because of this, I'm not sure how I'll be able to handle it.

Jamesie Wrote:It won't.

KhainiWest Wrote:>Russia brings military
>Has to assist because of allegiance with EU
>China defends russia
>World war Boned

Jamesie Wrote:China is not likely defend Russia, they are not allies.
US doesn't have to assist and is not likely since it has zero strategic interest in Ukraine (and probably should defend Russia more than anything if we're looking at this situation as realists).

Jamesie Wrote:Also Russia is smart enough to know it would not be able to take on EU, US, and co even if it did magically get help from China.

If anything, the most dramatic thing would be a couple of strikes against Ukraine segueing into an eventual chop-off of the western portion of Ukraine, or at the very least Crimea (since that's what Russia really wants).

KhainiWest Wrote:Budapest.

KhainiWest Wrote:Wouldn't be much of a miracle since the Chinese and Russians have been flirting with each other since their agreement regarding syria

Jamesie Wrote:Hungary is a member of NATO, Ukraine is not. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head since I don't know exactly what you're referring to anyways.

Jamesie Wrote:Allies are different from friends (see: US and NZ, though that has changed somewhat recently). Just because they agree with each other over Syria, which is completely logical since both countries oppose foreign intervention in general (though for different reasons), doesn't mean their relations are fantastic.

Jamesie Wrote:US doesn't have to assist and is not likely since it has zero strategic interest in Ukraine (and probably should defend Russia more than anything if we're looking at this situation as realists).