Ukraine army says won't get involved in politics

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Compare this with the bloody Arab armies which are in fact the private militia for preserving the dictator in power. Look at Syria, where the army has destroyed most of the country to preserve the mass murderer in power, Assad. This follows the pledge, "Assad or we will burn the country!"

Anti-government protesters guard the the Ukrainian Parliament building in Kiev. Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA

"KIEV (Reuters) - The armed forces of Ukraine will not become involved in any political conflict, the military general staff said in a statement posted on the website of the defense ministry on Saturday.

"The armed forces of Ukraine are loyal to their constitutional obligations and cannot be pulled into domestic political conflict," it said."