Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaks after a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council in Kiev on March 1, 2014. Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said today he was "convinced" that Moscow would not launch a military offensive, after Russia's parliament approved the deployment of troops in the country. "I am convinced that Russia will not launch an intervention as this would mean war and the end of all relations between the two countries," he said in a televised address to the nation. AFP PHOTO / UKRAINE PRIME-MINISTER PRESS-SERVICE / ANDREW KRAVCHENKO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ UKRAINE PRIME-MINISTER PRESS-SERVICE / ANDREW KRAVCHENKO " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==

Ukraine's interim President Olexandr Turchynov (2nd L) speaks as Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (2nd R), Defence Minister Igor Tenyukh (C), and unidentified high officers of the army look on during a press conference after a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council in Kiev on March 1, 2014. Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said today he was "convinced" that Moscow would not launch a military offensive, after Russia's parliament approved the deployment of troops in the country. "I am convinced that Russia will not launch an intervention as this would mean war and the end of all relations between the two countries," he said in a televised address to the nation. AFP PHOTO / UKRAINE PRIME-MINISTER PRESS-SERVICE / ANDREW KRAVCHENKO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ UKRAINE PRIME-MINISTER PRESS-SERVICE / ANDREW KRAVCHENKO " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==

Ukraine's Defence Minister Igor Tenyukh speaks at a press conference after a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council in Kiev on March 1, 2014. Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said today he was "convinced" that Moscow would not launch a military offensive, after Russia's parliament approved the deployment of troops in the country. "I am convinced that Russia will not launch an intervention as this would mean war and the end of all relations between the two countries," he said in a televised address to the nation. AFP PHOTO / UKRAINE PRIME-MINISTER PRESS-SERVICE / ANDREW KRAVCHENKO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ UKRAINE PRIME-MINISTER PRESS-SERVICE / ANDREW KRAVCHENKO " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==