Originally Posted by halfpint

It was a very cleaver move by Putin and they have a miliatary naval base in Crimea for thier Black Sea Fleet and I think any country would have done the same to protect thier own intrests. The speed at which he did it without one shot being fired is very clever.

I think you will see a split up of Ukrain between the Ukrainians and Russia because the US and the UK will not put any troops on the ground and with both Russia and Ukrains working together along side the EU you might just be able to save the country economically.