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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Obama blames Russia for Ukraine violence
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Barack Obama is blaming Russia for the escalating violence in eastern Ukraine.
Obama is speaking at the White House amid escalating tensions between Russia and the West. He says Russia is training, arming and funding pro-Russian separatists in Russia. Obama says new images of Russian forces inside Ukraine make that plain to see.
Obama says Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will visit the White House next month. It’s Poroshenko’s first visit since becoming president and a major display of unity between the US and Ukraine.
Obama says he spoke by phone Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He says Russia’s incursion into Ukraine will bring additional consequences.
Ukrainian officials say two Russian military columns have rolled into the southeastern part of Ukraine after missiles were fired at a border post.
– AP
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