use any major military maneuvers or activity as a pretext to take actio action. the russians want the east, is that clear yet? it s pretty clear. they want it either by force or through this referendum they re expected to influence in may the referendum itself is illegal and the outcome would be unconstitutional and fly in the face of the agreement from 1994 when ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons an agreement signed on by the west and the russians. absolutely. it will take the ukrainian government in kiev coming to an agreement with the russian government for some sort of legitimate pathway forward. it will have to be southernty and territorial integrity for ukraine. if we back this up a little bit, i don t know if you read the new york times about this the stealthy neiness vladimir p has pulled this off he used modern technology in a way nobody has done before.