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Ukraine Calls Up 40,000 Troops After Crimea Vote
« on: March 17, 2014, 09:32:01 am »
Via Sky News: http://news.sky.com/story/1227143/ukraine-calls-up-40000-troops-after-crimea-vote

Ukraine's parliament has approved a partial mobilisation of troops following Crimea's referendum supporting a union with Russia.

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Was there every a doubt Crimea would vote to join Russia? Between a very skilled agitprop campaign and the benefits Crimea will obtain from shifting back to Russia, it was a foregone conclusion.

Look for everything east of the Dnipro to start agitating for secession from Kiev next.
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