Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 4 Mar 2014

1. PUTIN WON'T RULE OUT FORCE IN UKRAINE

Russian president Vladimir Putin has said the use of force in the Ukraine would be a "last resort" but has not ruled out sending troops into the east of the country and insisted that armed men in Crimea were pro-Russian "self-defence" forces. He described the overthrow of Ukranian president Viktor Yanukovych as an "anti-constitutional coup".

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