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UhOh: Russian Ships Carrying Soldiers Said To Be En Route To Sevastopol

2014-02-25

"This appears to not be an isolated move as the naval build up seems to be escalating. In a concurrent release, Izvestia Kiev reported that out of Kubinka, four ships carrying special forces, are being relocated to Anapa. From there, in four hours, they will depart fo Sevastopol at a speed of 10-15 knots, citing "Izvestia in Ukraine" as a source. According to the source, the redeployment is "qualitative, not quantitative" and that the Ukraine is following these developments."

Caution: ZeroHedge - Nervousness Alert

Under no scenario of which I'm aware does anyone think Russia will yield peacefully the Crimea and the naval bases therein to the Ukraine. Simply not happening.

Posted by:Uncle Phester

#6 More than half the population of Autonomous Crimea is said to be ethnic Russian. And there are more than 22,000 Russiaan military at Savastopol. Thus, any "incident" -- foolish or contrived -- could lead the Russians to invoke "the Georgian solution."

Posted by: Jomomp Fillmore8551 2014-02-25 21:38

#5 Another Soviet Georgia in the works...

Posted by: 49 Pan 2014-02-25 11:16

#4 Check the number of Russian ships off of Syria and see if there is some 'displacement' elsewhere.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-02-25 08:51

#3 And how about raising gas prices by, say 5%?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-02-25 04:16

#2 That's more like it.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-02-25 04:15

#1 IMO Russia will secure Sevatopol + other key Ukrainian or Crimean RussBases, but nothing more than that unless somebody escalates by doing something beyond-stupid.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-02-25 02:20

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