NEWSMAX: Western nations voiced growing concern over Russian troops massed along Ukraine’s eastern border as Russia formalized its annexation of Crimea in defiance of sanctions imposed by the U.S. and European Union.
With President Vladimir Putin signing legislation to absorb the Black Sea peninsula and its port, Sevastopol, from Ukraine, attention shifted to whether Russia would seek to claim other parts of Ukraine. White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice said the U.S. has been monitoring developments on Russia’s frontier with Ukraine.
“The Russians have stated that they are intending military exercises,” Rice said at a briefing yesterday in Washington. “Obviously, given their past practice and the gap between what they have said and what they have done, we are watching it with skepticism.” … (more)
