Belarus Invades Ukraine

Belarus launched a waterborne invasion of the Ukraine earlier today. The crack Ukrainian border guards were able to head the entire thing off, however. They captured the entire invasion force.

And their rowboats, too.

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian border guards arrested Belarus's national rowing team Tuesday for illegally entering the country on a flotilla of eight boats.

The border guard service said a coast guard vessel was dispatched to intercept and detain 10 rowers who had crossed into Ukrainian waters on the border with Transdniestria, a region of ex-Soviet Moldova controlled by separatists.

Funny, isn't it? A couple thousand years ago, being sentenced to the galleys was a bad thing. Now it's a competitive sport.