Friday, January 31, 2014

Military sends signals to both sides

AFP:
To the president: Ukraine's military on Friday called on President Viktor Yanukovych to take "urgent steps" to ease turmoil in the country, weighing in for the first time on the ex-Soviet nation's worst crisis since independence.

To opposition: The defense ministry said in a statement the seizure of government buildings was unacceptable and warned that "further escalation of the confrontation threatens the country's territorial integrity." (The army may or may not listen to the defense ministry.)