Ukraine's Yanukovych says he won't ask Russia to intervene militarily
Source: Washington Post
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday he had no intention of asking for Russian military intervention in Ukraine, blamed the chaos there on Western manipulation and said he would not return to his country until his security could be guaranteed.
Speaking in Russian at a news conference in the southern Russian city of Rostov-onDon, Yanukovych insisted he remains the legitimate president of Ukraine and that he did not order police to fire on demonstrators. He said Russia should intervene in the Ukrainian crisis, although he said he could not say how.
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)smokey775
(228 posts)Especially now that internal documents have been found that show he was going to order the Army to violently crush the protests.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Putin is not waiting for your request. The Russians are already there and tho you do not seem to know it, you are a prisoner!
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Its called a gas tap and Russia has the tap.
smokey775
(228 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)smokey775
(228 posts)Here in the states, a tap is when you tie into an existing line or a tap is also when you create a nut, as in, tap a thread.
Beautiful country the UK, haven't been there in years, but I remember it as quite the wonderful country.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)is that what you call faucets we call taps but as a general rule anything which turns something physical on or off gets called a tap - not electricity though......that's a switch.
Yes , UK, born in Wembley a long long time ago.
pampango
(24,692 posts)It would not be correct on my part to say what Russia needs to do, Yanukovych said in his first public appearance since he fled Ukraine, turning up in Moscow this week. But Russia cannot stand aside, it cannot be indifferent to the destiny of such a big partner as Ukraine, he said.
Yanukovych said he never ordered police to shoot at demonstrators in Kiev. Nearly 90 people were killed last week when security forces cracked down on anti-government demonstrators, opening fire on them in bloody street clashes.
He complained that an agreement he signed with opposition leaders Feb. 21 had not been enforced, talking as if the events of the last week notably his ouster by a parliamentary vote and the selection of a new president and cabinet had never happened.
So he is saying that Russia should intervene in Ukraine's affairs and he will not ASK for a Russian military intervention. That sounds like he is leaving the door open to the use of the Russian military, he just won't ask for it himself. Now if it happens without him asking for it, well that may be a different matter altogether. Most of us don't think Putin was asking for his opinion or permission anyway. Yanukovych's performance in Kiev over the past few weeks has been a worst-case scenario for Putin.