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Infowars.com
February 27, 2014
Russian fighter jets along the country’s western border
have been put on combat alert as tensions mount over fears that Moscow
is preparing to intervene militarily to protect its interests in
Ukraine.
“Constant air patrols are being carried out by fighter jets in the border regions,” Interfax quoted a ministry statement as
saying. “From the moment they received the signal to be on high alert,
the air force in the western military region left for the … air bases.”
The news arrives just a day after the United States
warned Russia it would be a “grave mistake” to conduct any kind of
military intervention in Ukraine following Moscow’s announcement
yesterday that a snap drill involving 150,000 troops would take place in
western Russia.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s interim government has also warned Russia
against making military movements in Crimea after armed men seized
control of government and parliament buildings in the region. Earlier
this week, pro-Russia citizens installed a Russian Mayor in the town of
Sevastopol as part of a growing backlash against the western-backed
coup.
