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Current events of
February 28, 2014
(
2014-02-28
)
(Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2014 Ukrainian revolution
,
2014 Crimean crisis
:
Members of the
Russian Parliament
propose new laws that would make it easier for
Russia
to incorporate parts of
Ukraine
.
(BBC)
Russia finally confirms that it has moved troops in Ukraine's
Crimea
region to protect its own interests.
(
Telegraph
)
Mykhailo Kutsyn
is appointed
Chief of the General Staff
and Commander-in-Chief of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
.
(
Kyiv Post
)
Acting General Prosecutor General
Oleh Makhnitsky
formally calls on Russia to extradite ousted President
Viktor Yanukovych
along with 10 other figures; the list includes former Prosecutor General
Viktor Pshonka
, former Interior Minister
Vitaliy Zakharchenko
, Yanukovich aide
Andriy Klyuyev
, and former Justice Minister
Olena Lukash
.
(RIA Novosty)
Interim
President of Ukraine
Oleksandr Turchynov
says the Russian military is "directly involved" in the crisis in
Crimea
, while Interior Minister
Arsen Avakov
describes the events as "a military invasion and occupation".
(Bloomberg)
(CBS)
News agency
Interfax-Ukraine
reports that armed pro-
Russian
men have taken over control of two airports, among which
Simferopol International Airport
, and raised the
Russian Navy
flag.
(Sky News)
Syrian Civil War
:
Syrian
air strikes near the
Lebanese
border town of
Arsal
killed three people.
(Reuters)
Arts and culture
The
Swedish Academy
announces that Swedish writer
Klas Östergren
is appointed new member, succeeding late art critic
Ulf Linde
on
seat No. 11
.
(TT via
Dagens Nyheter
)
Disasters and accidents
2013–14 Australian bushfire season
Sick and elderly residents in the town of
Morwell, Victoria
, are evacuated as a fire in a disused coal mine near the
Hazelwood Power Station
continues to worsen.
(
The Australian
)
At least fifteen children are killed in a school bus crash in
Thailand
's
Prachinburi Province
.
(CNN)
Law and crime
British spree killer
Joanne Dennehy
is given a
whole life sentence
for three murders and two attempted murders committed in 2013.
(BBC)
A stabbing spree in a
Loblaws
distribution centre in
Edmonton
,
Alberta
kills two, and injures four. The suspect, 29-year-old Jayme Pasieka, is arrested hours after the attack.
(CNN)
Politics and elections
Russian businessman and oppositionist Gleb Fetisov, a co-chair of the
Alliance of Greens and Social Democrats
, detained in Moscow.
(RAPSI)
(RIA)
(The Moscow Times)
The leader of the People's Alliance (Russia) opposition party
Alexei Navalny
placed under house arrest.
(RFE/RL)
(BBC)
(RIA)
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