WW3 Update: Ukraine Flagship Switches Sides, USS George Bush Carrier Group On Alert, Ukrainian Troops On The Move

Unidentified fighter jets at Belbek Airport in Ukraine’s Crimea region on March 1 (photo by Baz Ratner) 

(Convoy of 100+ Russian vehicles filmed in the Crimea on this night)

Ukrainian Navy flagship takes Russia’s side – report.  Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the Prime Minister Ukraine’s self-imposed government, had earlier asked his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to let the frigate through the Bosporus strait, according to the Kiev Times. The ship captain and the head of Ukraine’s contingent in the operation, Rear Admiral Andrey Tarasov disobeyed orders from Kiev. Source

Great Britain & Canada recalls its Russian ambassadors

Five Ural trucks full of ukrainian soldiers moving towards the Crimea, clash between citizens of Dnipropetrovsk region and ukrainian airborne unit  Source Source

Myroslava Petsa ‏@myroslavapetsa · 23m 
#Ukraine’s Nat Security&Defense Council announces mobilization, men start receiving calls from military enlistment offices

@EuromaidanPR: URGENT: General mobilisation in #Ukraine will start at 8am on 2 March

Rami ‏@RamiAlLolah 1m
#BreakingNews #US Navy USS George Bush nuclear aircraft carrier declares high alert in the #Mediterranean. #Syria #Ukraine #Russia

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UPDATE: Ukrainian Ambassador to UN claims 15,000 Russian Troops Now in Crimea

Two Russian anti-submarine warships have appeared off the coast of Ukraine’s Crimea region, violating an agreement on Moscow’s lease of a naval base, Interfax news agency quoted a Ukrainian military source as saying.  The source said the two vessels, part of Russia’s Baltic Fleet, had been sighted in a bay at Sevastopol, where Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet has a base. – Rueters  (Remember Russia has 2 more ships from the Med. Sea squadron coming to Sevastopol as well)

These are all the major developments in the last several hours in the situation that feels like nothing short than the beginning of the third world war.  It is expected that Russia will invade the Eastern and Southern Ukraine in the next 24 hours.  That’s not confirmed information that is just the vibe I’m getting as well as others are getting from the events that are unfolding.  The video of the huge Russian convoy is evidence to that end.  As is the general mobilisation called for by the Rebel leaders.  The defection of the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy is a huge blow, I would think, to rebel Ukrainian morale.  

The first hand accounts of pro-Russian civilians blocking, or trying to block rather, Ukrainian military convoys heading to crimea is troubling and also leads one to think that military confrontation is not too far off in the future.  I am flabbergasted by the continuing escalation to be honest.  Putin I believe has the absolute moral high ground in this conflict.  The EU and US will not admit their involvement in Ukrainian affairs in relation to the coup and play the line that Ukrainian just want their freedom.  We KNOW they were caught meddling in their affairs when the taped phone call was released by Russia saying exactly that, the US and EU were choosing a sucesor before Yanukovych hadeven left Kiev!  It’s absolute hypocrisy on the part of the West and Russia, as they have stated,has every right to defend their interests and their citizens.  I will continue to update and keep you informed on events.  If and when something majo rhappens, youwill bethe first to know, stay tuned!   -Mort