Historical Mullet: Unknown Militants in Crimea Seize Parliament
TLDRUpFront: Well-armed men from an ‘unknown’ faction have seized the parliament building in Crimea. They have since raised the Russian flag over the building.
FullContextInTheBack:
The Civil Revolution in Kiev faces its first serious national and international test. Armed men in Crimea have seized the local parliament and raised a Russian flag over the building. This is as Russian jets were scrambled on its border with Ukraine. Not much more is known at this time.
But his was a tactic leading up to the Georgian intervention over Ossetia. Issue Russian passports to any ethnic Russian in Ossetia. Claim “Russians are being threatened”, stage military exercises nearby, and then – blammo- use the threat to ‘Russian citizens’ as a pretext for a 2month intervention. Not all situations are the same. Ukraine is not Georgia and Putin is not Put… Oh. Hrm.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26366700