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U.S. calls on Russia to withdraw forces from Ukraine

March 01, 2014

President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to de-escalate the tense atmosphere in Ukraine by pulling his forces back to bases in the country's Crimean region and to refrain from interfering elsewhere in the former Soviet satellite. Obama personally delivered the message to Putin during a 90-minute telephone conversation, the White House said late Saturday.

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140301/business/140309869/
 
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