Den vandrande döde Janukovitj bad alltså den 1:e mars Putin att med militära medel "försvara befolkningen i Ukraina" (förutom ukrainarna och tatarerna då, får man förmoda

), Inte på Krim, utan i Ukraina.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26413953
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Here's the important part of a photocopy of the letter read out by the Russian envoy to the UN, which he says was sent by ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to Vladimir Putin: "In view of this [events in Ukraine], I ask the president of Russia, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, to use the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to restore legality, peace, law and order and stability, and to protect the population of Ukraine, (Signed) Viktor Yanukovych, 1 March 2014".