Russians Take Ukraine's Last Land Base In Crimea

An anonymous reader writes "Firing shots in the air and using stun grenades, Russian troops captured the last Ukrainian military base in Crimea today. From the LA Times: 'Meanwhile, Ukrainian and Russian officials were carrying on talks on evacuating Ukraine's loyal servicemen and families from the peninsula, a top Ukrainian military official said during a briefing Monday in Kiev. "About 50% [of Ukraine servicemen stationed in Crimea] joined the Russian side," said Olexandr Razmazin, army deputy chief of staff, the UNIAN news agency reported. The decision has been made to carry out the evacuation, he said, "but we need to work out a legal way to do it."'"

Comments

I dont get it

[JustNiz]

I don't get why the obviously loyal Ukrainian military didn't defend their bases with firepower against the invading Russians?
Were they just too scared?

Re: I dont get it

[Anonymous Coward]

The republicans didn't allow them to in attempt to make President Clinton look bad. Clinton promised the US would protect them if they gave up nuclear weapons. Republicans strongly support Putin because he makes Clinton look weak.

Re:I dont get it

[etash]

There is no point in fighting for land that doesn't belong to you. Crimea was and is Russian (60% of the population is Russian and most of the rest are russian-friendly), nikita chruschtschow transferred it to ukraine in 1954 in a time that it didn't really matter because it was simply USSR land.

Re: I dont get it

[etash]

are you dumb or pretend to? where was the racism in my post? That piece of land legally belonged to Russia and was inhabited by Russian majority. A referendum took place (the right of self determination - remember that chump?) and they voted for independence.

Re:I dont get it

[Giblet535]

"A civilized approach would have been to approach the Ukrainian government, asked them for it and offered a pile of money for it"

Which Ukranian government is that? The one that Ukraine elected, or the one that the US installed?

If you mean the former, then I think your condition was already met. If you mean the latter, then you just might be an incurable neocon warmonger with a ton of rhetoric that needs to go somewhere, anywhere, quick as a banker's pocket picking hand.

Re:This is all Bush's fault!

[HornWumpus]

At least you know you are wearing blinders. You do know you are wearing blinders?