Ukraine has mobilized it's armed forces and is bringing equipment out of storage. Crimea has fallen to Russia with only a few military holdouts left and the head of the Ukrainian Navy is being charged as a traitor by the new government for surrendering to the Russians.

Protests are now spreading throughout Eastern Ukraine as pro-Russian sentiment grows. Many people view the new government as one of extremists propped up by NATO.

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