International Community Condemns Russian Occupation of Crimean Peninsula

Crimean and Russian Cossacks volunteers who arrived to help local police, march in formation in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol March 2, 2014.  CREDIT: REUTERS/BAZ RATNER
Crimean and Russian Cossacks volunteers who arrived to help local police, march in formation in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol March 2, 2014.
CREDIT: REUTERS/BAZ RATNER

The international community condemns the occupation by Russian troops of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.

NATO further asked Russia to recognize its international commitments and US Secretary of State John Kerry said that there can be economic disruptions against Russia.

The new Ukrainian government said that the Russian action is tantamount to a war declaration.