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Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:44 PM Mar 2014

Obama says Putin 'not fooling anybody' over Ukraine, more Putin WTF

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said Russia was not "fooling anybody" over the crisis in Ukraine after Vladimir Putin denied Russian forces were operating on the flashpoint Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.
In a show of support for the new interim leaders in Kiev, visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry condemned Russia's "act of aggression" and accused Moscow of "working hard to create a pretext for being able to invade further".

"President Putin seems to have a different set of lawyers, maybe a different set of interpretations. But I do not think that is fooling anybody," Obama said during a visit to a school in the US capital.

SNIP

Responding to claims by Ukraine's new authorities that thousands of Russian troops had poured into Crimea in recent days, Putin said that only "local forces of self-defence" were surrounding Ukrainian military bases in the region.
Asked if Russian forces took part in operations in Crimea, he said, "No, they did not participate", adding: "There are lots of uniforms that look similar."
When told of Putin's remarks by a reporter in Kiev, Kerry responded: "He really denied there were Russian forces in Crimea?" and shook his head, bewildered.

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-suspends-military-cooperation-russia-015228460.html#GvOEI1w

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