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I googled Kirovohrad, the city in central Ukraine where our children lived in orphanages before we adopted them. This part of Ukraine lies halfway between Kyiv and the Crimean peninsula, so it's a long way from either of the political hotspots. But as you can see from the following excerpt of an article published two days ago, soldiers in Kirovhad are also affected:

A Ukrainian Special Forces company dispatched in Ukraine’s centermost major city of Kirovograd has disobeyed an order to march on to Crimea, according to one of the officers in the company who spoke to Itar-Tass.

“Today we have been ordered to move toward the Crimean peninsula and disrupt the activity of the Crimean ‘defense forces.’ We have refused to carry out the order,” he told the agency of the order that came Sunday from Ukraine’s Defense Ministry.

The officer added that part of the reason to go against Kiev’s orders was a lack of understanding by the special forces as to whose plans they had to thwart there, and why.

“Many of [our] guys have relatives there. I myself spend summer in Evpatoria,” he said. “Many among us don’t understand whom we are fighting for and against in Crimea.”

source: http://rt.com/news/crimea-russian-special-forces-560/

posted by Stahlkes @ 4:26 PM