http://twitter.com/#!/markmackinnon/status/440942331051511808

The tense situation in Ukraine escalated today with what Russia is saying was a scheduled test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

http://twitter.com/#!/mikeviqueira/status/440927885642432512
http://twitter.com/#!/kajtzu/status/440927457093648384
http://twitter.com/#!/JaeKay/status/440928310600949760
http://twitter.com/#!/pkedrosky/status/440927930789945345

According to ABC News, a U.S. official confirmed the launch and said the United States was notified long before the current crisis in Crimea, per START Treaty requirements. The missile is said to have landed in a remote part of Kazakhstan.

http://twitter.com/#!/MarquardtA/status/440932111349190656
http://twitter.com/#!/RiskNursery/status/440928810297344000

Still, the question remains.

http://twitter.com/#!/Slammin_Hammon/status/440947562271363072
http://twitter.com/#!/JakubJanda_com/status/440926876526075904
http://twitter.com/#!/melverton/status/440946944718827520

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/03/04/russias-test-firing-of-icbm-reported-to-have-been-planned/