U.S. President Barack Obama urged his Russiancounterpart Vladimir Putin Friday not to take anysteps to further violate Ukraine’s territorial integrityand sovereignty. The two discussed the Ukrainiancrisis in a phone conversation.
Earlier Friday, CBS television broadcast an interview with Obama in which the U.S. presidentsaid Russia must pull back its troops recently deployed on the Ukrainian border.
"I think it is well known and well acknowledged you've seen a range of troops massing alongthat border under the guise of military exercises, but these are not what Russia wouldnormally be doing," said Obama "And, you know, it may simply be an effort to intimidateUkraine or it may be that they've got additional plans. And, in either case, what we need rightnow to resolve and de-escalate the situation would be to Russia, for Russia to move backthose troops and to begin negotiations directly with the Ukrainian government.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all sides to de-escalate the situation,which he said takes away attention from important U.N. missions.
"I am also deeply concerned that the divisions in the international community over thesituation could harm our ability to address other pressing concerns, conflicts and humanitarianemergencies," said Ban.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin denied accusations that Moscow had a role in escalating thecrisis. He told reporters in New York that it is up to the Ukrainians to restore order in theircountry.
"The armed groups must be disarmed, the radicals must be reined in and most importantly,there must be a constitutional process, there must be a constitutional assembly and theresults of the constitutional assembly must be put to referendum," said Churkin.
While Ukraine's situation was discussed abroad, the country's parliament, pressured by right-wing protesters, voted to hold an investigation into this week's death of a prominent far-rightleader.
Interim president Oleksandr Turchynov decried this latest crisis. "This is the route which leadsto catastrophe for the country, this way is against our own state, this is the route supportingthe aggressor who is concentrating his armed forces on the borders of our land.
Meanwhile, Russian forces in Crimea completed their military takeover. Russian Defense MinisterSergei Shoigu reported to Putin that all Ukrainian servicemen loyal to Kyiv had left the Black Seapeninsula.
The Russian leader ordered that military hardware seized from Ukrainian troops, includingtrucks, tanks and warplanes, be returned to Ukraine.
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