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Ukraine 2014 | Obama’s Speech Today on Crimea and New U.S. Sanctions (Video)
Thursday, March 6, 2014 14:54
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Ukraine 2014 | Obama’s Speech Today on Crimea and New U.S. Sanctions
March 06 2014
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — As the pro-Russian authorities in Crimea pressed ahead with measures to break away from Ukraine and become part of Russia, President Obama said Thursday that their plans for a referendum would “violate the Ukrainian Constitution and violate international law.”
Mr. Obama said in Washington: “Any discussion about the future of Ukraine must include the legitimate government of Ukraine. We are well beyond the days when borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratically elected leaders.”
The pro-Moscow authorities in Crimea, and the Kremlin itself, seemed to be undeterred by pressure and criticism from abroad. They moved to tighten their grip on the Crimean Peninsula, where Ukrainian military installations were under a blockade by Russian forces.
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