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Russia: No plans to intervene, says ‘hysteria is becoming contagious’
By Mick Krever, CNN
Russia will not invade Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday.
“Russia has no plans to intervene militarily, no plans to invade anybody – not Ukraine, not any other country; or to annex anything.”
Amanpour asked the ambassador whether Russian would also stay out of Transnistria, the breakaway state - recognized by no sovereign nation – sandwiched in between Moldova and Ukraine.
Authorities in Transnistria asked Russia to recognize the enclave as a sovereign independent state on Wednesday.
“Hysteria is becoming contagious,” Chizhov said. “It’s not Russia’s intention to annex Transnistria or any other territory in any other place of the world.”
Russia's next move
CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov about unrest in eastern Ukraine.
Pro-Russian militants appeared to tighten their grip on Ukraine's eastern town of Slovyansk on Wednesday as Ukrainian military forces massed nearby in an uneasy standoff.
In Donetsk, six armored vehicles sent into the nearby city of Kramatorsk in the morning later showed up carrying Russian flags in Slovyansk.
EXCLUSIVE: UN issues stark warning against arming Ukraine protesters
By Mick Krever, CNN
“Whoever arms protesters can be held accountable for potential tragic consequences.”
That is the stark warning issued on Ukraine by the U.N. Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights, Ivan Simonovic, in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday.
“What is at the moment, I would say, most important, it is to prevent arming of protesters and transforming them into paramilitary troops.”
U.N. releases report on Ukraine
CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with U.N. Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic.
Simonovic is the author of a new U.N. report, out Tuesday, that details the protests and incursions that lead up to Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
The report comes as worried residents and onlookers around the world shudder at the similarities between Russia’s annexation of Crimea last month and what is happening today in eastern Ukraine.
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves calls for ‘physical presence on the ground’ in region as deterrence against Russia
By Mick Krever, CNN
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves called for a "physical presence on the ground" in the region as a deterrence against Russia.
Estonia, a former Soviet republic that shares a border with Russia, is now a member of NATO. Its leadership has been outspoken expressing concern about Russia's incursion into Ukraine.
"We need more exercises," President Ilves said. "We think that the decision to increase the number of planes providing air policing in the region is a very good one."
"But given the uncertainty that we see to the east and the kinds of actions that we’ve seen in the east, we need to make sure that others understand that this is not something to play around with."
Estonia's plea on Russia
CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves about Russia and Ukraine.
Amanpour asked President Ilves what he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin's "goal" was.
"We are in new territory right now. The rules have been broken."
Would a referendum vote end Ukraine crisis?
In Russia's parliament there was just one lone voice who stood against the annexation of Crimea. Now lawmaker Ilya Ponomarev tells CNN's Christiane Amanpour a national referendum in Ukraine is the answer to the crisis.
Click above to watch the full interview.
Ukraine: We need world's help
Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations, Yuriy Sergeyev, tells CNN's Christiane Amanpour that an anti-terrorism operation is underway in eastern Ukraine, and says it's "very difficult" to predict Russian president Vladimir Putin's behavior, because "we are operating within the frames of human logic... but he performs in a different way".
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Russian Senator: West always thinks the worst of us
By Mick Krever, CNN
As pro-Russian unrest flares in eastern Ukraine, a Russian senator took his country’s case to the international stage on CNN Thursday, saying Moscow has a “very different” vision of the situation than the West.
“Of course somebody in Western countries maybe prefer to see just bad grace from Russia,” Andrey Klimov, member of the Russian Federation Council, said. “But the situation is quite different.”
“We are thinking only about peaceful exit from this situation, which now happened unfortunately in Ukraine.”
Russia defends intervention
CNN's Fred Pleitgen, in for Christiane Amanpour, speaks with Russian Senator Andrey Klimov.
Pro-Russian protesters are occupying a government building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, demanding more independence from Kiev.
Some are concerned that after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the country may intervene in eastern Ukraine as well.
“Well, first of all, we are looking at this country as our neighbor country,” Klimov said.
In a telling exchange, though, Klimov emphasized the fact that Ukraine – a former Soviet republic – does not have a long history as a sovereign country.
Russia ‘financing subversion’ in Ukraine, Poland accuses
By Mick Krever, CNN
Russia is “financing subversion [in Ukraine] using the pretext of ethnic problems,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told CNN’s Fred Pleitgen, in for Christiane Amanpour, in an interview on Tuesday.
Those alleged ethnic problems, Sikorski said, “are non-existent.”
Pro-Russian protesters seized government buildings in three eastern Ukrainian cities – Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv – on Sunday.
Rebels occupying Donetsk's regional government building Monday declared a "people's republic" and called for a referendum on secession from Ukraine to be held by May 11.
Strong talk from Poland on Ukraine
CNN's Fred Pleitgen, in for Christiane Amanpour, speaks with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski about Ukraine.
“In Crimea and in east Ukraine everybody speaks Russian. The media are Russian and until now there were no ethnic problems there.”
FIRST ON CNN: Ukraine warns Russia in phone call: Don’t invade
By Mick Krever, CNN
Ukraine’s Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Andrii Deshchytsia, warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a phone call on Monday not to invade his country.
“I expressed our concern about the situation,” Deshchytsia told CNN’s Fred Pleitgen, sitting in for Christiane Amanpour. “I also warned him not to use any military force to protect Russians in eastern Ukraine, since we have enough power to protect Russian-speaking [people].”
“We both agreed that we have to deploy all necessary means to deescalate [the] situation.”
Ukraine envoy details talks with Russia
CNN's Fred Pleitgen speaks with Ukraine's Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Andrii Deshchytsia.
Pro-Russian protesters have seized state buildings in several eastern Ukrainian cities, prompting accusations from Kiev that Moscow is trying to "dismember" the country and carry out a replay of Crimea.
Russia could invade Ukraine 12 hours after order, says NATO commander
By Mick Krever, CNN
Russian troops could invade Ukraine within 12 hours of getting an order, General Philip Breedlove, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday.
“It’s my opinion that they could move within 12 hours of a go,” General Breedlove said from NATO headquarters in Brussels. “So essentially they could move right away if given the go.”
NATO military chief's warning
CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with General Philip Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO.
General Breedlove said that there are now 40,000 Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s eastern border.
But even that number, he said, doesn’t tell the full story.
“This is a combined-arms army, with all of the pieces necessary should there be a choice to make an incursion into Ukraine,” he said.
Forces are “supported by fixed-wing aircraft [airplanes], rotary aircraft [helicopters] – all of the logistics required in order to successfully make an incursion if they needed.”
Crimean minority Tatar leader warns of possible bloodshed
By Mick Krever, CNN
The leader of Crimea’s Muslim minority, the Tatars, warned on Monday of possible bloodshed in Crimea and southern Ukraine.
“Our largest, biggest concern is about the possibility of clashes, of large scale bloodshed in Crimea,” Mustafa Dzhemilev, who is a member of Ukraine’s parliament, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview.
The Ukrainian military will fight, despite an imbalance in power, if the Russian military goes further into Ukraine, Dzhemilev said.
“No matter how weak we are in military in comparison to Russia…we’ll start fire.”
Tatar leader warns of possible bloodshed
Ukrainian Member of Parliament Mustafa Dzhemilev warns of possible future bloodshed in Crimea and Ukraine.
“We’ll open fire if [the Russian] Army will move further. And it’s hardly within Russia’s interests or President Putin’s interests, but we can’t exclude anything.”
“But all this will result in bloodshed.”
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