Russian Military Wallpaper - Russian troops flooded into Ukraine's Russian-speaking region of Crimea on Saturday, giving President Vladimir Putin plenty of options if he decides to use new military powers granted by parliament.
US President Barack Obama spoke on the phone with Putin on Saturday after the upper house of the Russian parliament voted unanimously on Saturday to authorize military force in Ukraine. The White House said the United States is "suspending" preparations for the next G8 summit of industrialized nations to be held in Russia.
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Moscow already had thousands of troops stationed in Crimea, where Russia's Black Sea naval fleet is based, and Ukraine's defense minister said on Saturday that 6,000 more Russian troops had arrived.
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Masked and heavily armed men surrounded the Interior Ministry and Parliament buildings in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, after dozens of Russian transport planes flew in people, weapons and ammunition overnight.
Russian forces appear to be establishing "legitimate" defensive positions around some military bases in Moscow, "solely in a self-defense posture," U.S. officials told NBC News on Saturday.
Pro-Russian protesters with Russian flags take part in a demonstration in central Donetsk on March 1, 2014. The banner reads: "In Russia we are brothers, in Europe we are slaves." Reuters
But Ukraine's national leaders reacted aggressively, saying that any Russian military action would inevitably lead to war and the end of ties with Moscow. The country's armed forces are said to have been put on "highest" combat readiness.
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Arizona Sen. John McCain, a member of the Armed Services Committee and the Republican's top foreign policy spokesman, urged Obama to take an even tougher stance after the upper house of the Russian parliament gave Putin the authority to use military force.
"Any time the United States and our allies fail to respond is a signal to President Putin that he can be even more ambitious and aggressive in his military intervention in Ukraine," McCain said.
"It is now imperative that the president articulate exactly what those costs will be and take urgent action to impose them," McCain said.
But just because Putin received new authority to use military force does not mean he will do so soon, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said. Karaszin wanted to put velvet gloves on an iron fist. he said that Putin's power is not activated quickly.
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He did not give a time frame for military action, and diplomats say it is possible that the announcement is more of a message to international powers that Russia will not back down on the future of Ukraine.
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