Russia: Yanukovich asked Putin for Russian military in Ukraine
Yanukovich sent a letter to Putin, urging him to restore law and order in Ukraine
Moscow’s U.N. envoy said Ukraine’s ousted leader Viktor Yanukovich has sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin requesting that he use the Russian military to restore law and order in Ukraine.
“Under the influence of Western countries, there are open acts of terror and violence,” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin quoted the letter from Yanukovich to Putin in an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council.
“People are being persecuted for language and political reasons,” he quoted the letter as saying.
“So in this regard I would call on the President of Russia, Mr. Putin, asking him to use the armed forces of the Russian Federation to establish legitimacy, peace, law and order, stability and defending the people of Ukraine.”
Churkin held up a copy of the letter for council members to see.
Meanwhile, Russian fighter jets twice violated Ukraine’s air space over the Black Sea during the night, Interfax news agency quoted the Defense Ministry as saying on Monday.
It said Ukraine’s air force had scrambled a Sukhoi SU-27 interceptor aircraft and prevented any “provocative actions” but gave no further details.
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