Brink of Disaster and International Leaders

international leaders: Elsewhere, international leaders, worried that Europes borders were suddenly being rewritten by force, rushed to find a diplomatic solution to the dispute, according to The Star. In Kharkiv, the countrys second largest city, only 30 kilometres from the eastern border, a sprawling pro-Russian protest camp occupied the central square, and Russian flags were on display. Many in the city said they would prefer that Russian troops invade rather than submit to Kyivs rule and Warning that it is on the brink of disaster, Ukraine s interim government put its military on high alert Sunday and appealed for international help to avoid what it feared was a possible Russian invasion of its eastern provinces. But there was no denying what had already happened on the ground: Moscow had overrun the Black Sea peninsula without firing a shot and the mostly ethnic-Russian eastern regions could be next to fall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.