Thursday, March 13, 2014

Obama, Ukraine's PM warn Russia as Crimea heads for vote - CNN.com

President Obama met with Ukraine’s new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Wednesday. He arrived in Washington seeking financial help to stabilize his fledgling government.

Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and Ukrainian interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had strong words for Russia on Wednesday as Washington again warned Moscow there will be consequences if it doesn't remove its troops from Crimea and Kiev said that it will "never surrender."

But Yatsenyuk also said after his meeting with Obama at the White House that Ukraine, a former Soviet Republic, wants to be good friends with Russia.

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