Adin of Crimea@RealCrimea35m
#Russia trying to seize the gas distribution station at Arabatke.
Hence the 40 paratroopers.Concerned not able to support #Crimea w/o link
Adin of Crimea@RealCrimea1h
@JonChicky Key is securing Kherson for Russia,
then secures Dneiper river traffic as well utility grids for Crimea. Easier to join link east
Ukraine’s military scrambled aircraft and paratroops on Saturday to repel an attempt by Russian forces to enter a long spit of land belonging to a region adjacent to Crimea, Ukraine’s defence ministry said.
“Units of Ukraine’s armed forces today...repelled an attempt by servicemen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation to enter the territory of Kherson region on Arbatskaya Strelka,” a ministry statement said. “This was repelled immediately.”
It said the Ukrainian military used aircraft, ground forces and its aeromobile battalion in the operation. The territory in question is a long spit of land running parallel to the east of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula, now controlled by Russian forces.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...imea-vote-live
ITAR TASS
18.45 - Unidentified persons abduct Russian Bloc leader in Sevastopol
DefenceToday.com @DefenceToday · 10m
Small scale Russian military incursions to test Ukrainian military ahead of a possible major offensive
Jon Chicky@JonChicky·4 mins
Situation now is extremely combustible.
Kiev claims it repelled Russian troops in south Ukraine - live updates http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/15/ukraine-crisis-fatal-clashes-as-tensions-rise-before-crimea-vote-live …
Could be interesting following James Miller's blog today and tomorrow:
Ukraine Liveblog Day 26: Has the War Already Started?
http://www.interpretermag.com/ukrain...ready-started/
given the latest news on the flight,,i think they very well may be connected.. russia quite possibly is behind this..
http://2wsb.tv/OrUbcQUST IN -- Prime Minister Najib Razak says the Malaysian passenger jet missing for more than a week had its communications deliberately disabled and its last signal came about seven and a half hours after takeoff, meaning it could have ended up as far as Kazakhstan or deep in the southern Indian Ocean.
nemophilist.