Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2009 (Image credit: World Economic Forum/Flickr)

Events have escalated rapidly in the Ukraine in Saturday with Russian troops taking over the Crimea region, the Ukrainian military being placed on combat alert and Putin receiving authorization to use force in Crimea.

Read our latest: “Ukraine claims Russian forces seized airport in Crimea, Russians deny report” and “Report: British spy agency collected images from millions of private webcam chats”

This comes just a day after it was reported that Russian troops seized an airport in Crimea, though Russian officials denied the reports at the time.

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Events have escalated rapidly in the Ukraine in Saturday with Russian troops taking over the Crimea region, the Ukrainian military being placed on combat alert and Putin receiving authorization to use force in Crimea.

Read our latest: “Ukraine claims Russian forces seized airport in Crimea, Russians deny report” and “Report: British spy agency collected images from millions of private webcam chats”

This comes just a day after it was reported that Russian troops seized an airport in Crimea, though Russian officials denied the reports at the time.

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