It looks like Putin is going all-in. Live updates on at the Guardian:
Kiev claims it repelled Russian troops in south Ukraine - live updates
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The defence ministry says soldiers repelled a Russian attempt to infiltrate its territory beyond Crimea.
http://www.theguardian.com/...
It looks like this shit is getting real. :(
8:18 AM PT: A Ukrainian news agency has more on one of the incidents:
http://un.ua/...
A local township council in Strilkove, Kherson is claiming Russian troops landed by helicopter.
9:08 AM PT: Luckily, it seems like this was "just" an attempt by the Russian military to expand their space around Crimea somewhat/probe Ukraine's defenses. It seems that a Russian unit was already probing into Kherson just a few days ago:
http://www.focus-fen.net/...
Putin is playing with fire here. Any of these moves could cause a shooting incident and things could quickly spin out of control. But, who knows, maybe that is what he wants.
9:19 AM PT: It seems some Ukrainians managed to film the helicopters that brought in the Russian troops. They are accompanied by Russia's version of the Apache helicopter gunship.
https://www.youtube.com/...
There are now conflicting reports as to whether the Russian troops left or stayed.