Russia says Yanukovich asked for intervention
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Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics
Russia says its actions in Ukraine are the response to a cry for help from the ousted president. At a tense meeting of the UN Security Council, the Russian ambassador said Viktor Yanokovich had asked Moscow to send a military force. Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from New York.
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