The Ukraine Government Has Collapsed

OK, let us review the rapidly moving events from the past day or two.

• Yanukovich, the President, has disappeared
• The Ukrainian armed forces has stated that they will support the people
• Parliament appears to still be functioning, as they have voted the Speaker as interim leader
• there are ¼ million Jews
• the above is troubling, as some of the protesters appear to be Nazis, Skinhead, White Supremacists, or whatever; yes, these sorts of people are still alive and well in the western parts of the Ukraine
• Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, says that Russia has no plans to invade. However, this is only for the moment: it is difficult to imagine a resolution to this civil war without Russian jackboots
• The protesters/occupiers are still going strong and have surrounded the Parliament building

Be careful about drawing conclusions. We are still dealing with the fog-of-war problem. Information is not reliable at this point. Some of the above might be true, much will be false. We will not know the full story until the shouting is all over.