After seizing control of Russia from the Provisional Government ... Trotsky created the Red Army out of the Red Guards and from the remnants of the old Tsarist army. Appointing ex-Tsarist officers ...

According to the Ukrainian Border Service spokesman, Russia "will try to initiate an exchange of the [Ukrainian] servicemen for two Russian border guards" detained on the Crimean border KIEV ...

TASS/. Nine more Ukrainian border guards have gone over to Russia, a spokesman for Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) told TASS on Sunday. "Ukrainian border guards, who are leaving their ...

Senior Ukrainian sources familiar with the talks warn there is little faith that Russia will accept a reasonable deal. "We expect another trick," a source said. Ukrainian officials told The ...