from End The Lie:

Events have escalated rapidly in Ukraine in Saturday with Russian troops taking over the Crimea region, the Ukrainian military being placed on combat alert and Putin receiving authorization to use force in Crimea.

This comes just a day after it was reported that Russian troops seized an airport in Crimea, though Russian officials denied the reports at the time.

World powers are now scrambling to respond to the events with a United Nations Security Council meeting, a NATO meeting to be held on Sunday and the White House national security team meeting to discuss potential options.

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