Ukraine to Ask for UN Security Council Session

February 28th, 2014

Via: CBC:

Ukraine’s Parliament has asked the United Nations Security Council to address the country’s political turmoil.

Lawmakers on Friday adopted a resolution calling for a security council session amid growing tensions as pro-Russian gunmen asserted control over airports in the southern Crimea region.

The resolution also called on Russia to halt steps which it says are aimed against Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Russian military units were blocking an airport in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea near the Russian naval base while unidentified men were patrolling another airport serving the regional capital, Ukraine’s new interior minister said Friday.

Arsen Avakov said in a Facebook post that the Belbek international airport in Sevastopol is blocked by military units of the Russian navy.

“I can only describe this as a military invasion and occupation,” Avakov said.

The Russian foreign ministry refused to comment while a spokesman for the Russian defence ministry also had no comment.

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