Russia: Russian Parliament authorized Putin to send armed forces into Ukraine
Russia’s Federation Council on Saturday unanimously authorized President Vladimir Putin to send armed forces into Ukraine.
The resolution of the upper house of parliament took effect immediately, according to Federation Council chair Valentina Matviyenko.
All 90 senators of the 116-member Federation Council who were present voted to support the resolution.
Putin said that he made the request to send troops in response to a direct threat to the lives of Russians living in Ukraine as well as military forces in Ukraine’s southern peninsula of Crimea.