Ukrainian commander of the besieged Crimea air base, asked if he expects bloodshed, tells me "hope dies last."
— Mike Giglio (@mike_giglio) March 4, 2014
State-owned Rossiya channel asks whether #Putin will "help" the people in Kharkov, Donetsk, etc. And that's what we call a dog whistle, kids
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 4, 2014
Vladimir Putin: "I told [the West] 1,000 times 'why are you dividing the country? Why are you splitting the country?' They went whole hog."
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 4, 2014
#Putin: We gave Ukraine money, cut prices for gas, but #Ukraine still doesn't pay. Gazprom's not happy, naturally
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) March 4, 2014
Putin: Told Russian government several days ago to resume ministerial contacts with Ukraine. PMs Medevedev and Yatseniuk in contact.
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 4, 2014
Putin suggests that snipers who shot protestors in Kiev may have been "provocateurs from an oppositon party"
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) March 4, 2014
#Putin: #Yanukovych told me he didn't order to shoot at people. Moreover, he ordered withdrawal of police from #Kyiv
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) March 4, 2014
I've never seen Putin this upset/rattled.
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 4, 2014
Oh my. Vladimir Putin denying Russian troops in Crimea. Says men in green there are "local self-defense forces."
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 4, 2014
Vladimir Putin: of course the new Crimean PM is legitimate. Because they followed the law.
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 4, 2014