發佈時間：2014年03月01日
Photographer and videographer David Rose asks citizens in Kiev's Independence Square, the Maidan, for their reaction to Vladimir Putin's move to send armed forces to Ukrainian territory
Russian President Vladimir Putin wrested control of the Ukrainian Black Sea region of Crimea from Kiev on Saturday citing a threat to Russian citizens and servicemen of the Russian Black Sea fleet based there.
Putin asked the upper house of parliament to approve sending armed forces to the Ukrainian territory, which has a majority ethnic Russian population. But Crimea had already begun to slip from Kiev's control with closure of the main airport and deployment of pro-Russian guards at key buildings.
Putin's statement, and remarks from a pro-Russian leader installed in Crimea this week, effectively confirmed what most people in the region had assumed: that military units who had seized control in the past two days were indeed Moscow's.
Ukraine accused Russia of sending thousands of extra troops to Crimea, largely hostile to the Kiev government which emerged from the overthrow of president Viktor Yanukovich last weekend. It placed its military in the area on high alert.
Ukraine teeters on the brink of economic disaster, mired in debt. Any further spread of separatist sentiment to industrial, Russian-speaking eastern territories could raise the risk of disintegration with serious implications for surrounding states including Russia, Poland and Belarus.
發佈時間：2014年03月01日
Dozens of people are hurt in clashes as pro-Russia activists storm the regional government's headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and raise the Russian flag
Pro-Russian demonstrations broke out in major cities in eastern and southern Ukraine on Saturday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin was granted parliamentary permission to use troops to protect Russians in the country.
Demonstrators in the country's second largest city of Kharkhiv raised the Russian flag over the city hall after a demonstration turned violent.
Russia supporters clashed with backers of the Ukrainian government who were guarding the building and government supporters were left beaten and bloodied.
Ukrainian media also reported pro-Russians demonstrations in Donetsk and Odessa. All three cities have large Russian-speaking populations.
Saturday's developments were a marked escalation of conflict between the two countries, which started when Ukraine's pro-Russian president was pushed out by a protest movement of people who wanted closer ties to Europe.
Support for Russia remains strong in the industrial eastern regions, which depend on Russian natural gas supplies and the vast Russian market.
Many in the mainly Russia-speaking east and south want close ties with Russia.
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