Western Leaders Meet To Discuss Crimea And Russia

Obama To The Rescue? US President Swoops In As Western Leaders Meet To Discuss Crimea After Russian Forces Storms Last Ukrainian Base -- Daily Mail

* Ukraine orders the withdrawal of troops from Crimea as Russians advance
* Cameron: 'G8 summit will NOT be held in Russia in June this year'
* Russia bars 13 Canadian officials from country in response to sanctions
* Obama meets European leaders in The Hague to press for more sanctions
* German foreign minister says Putin has 'opened Pandora's Box' in Crimea
* Russian forces overrun Ukrainian marine base at Feodosia, eastern Crimea
* It follows the storming of the military compound in Belbek on Saturday

Barack Obama swooped into the Crimea crisis today in a desperate bid to rescue the region from war as advancing Russian troops strong-armed Ukraine into a wholesale retreat.

Flanked by a squadron of Marine-Corps gunships, the U.S. President arrived in Amsterdam by helicopter to press Europe's leaders to further punish Russia for annexing the peninsular.

And speaking ahead of the summit, his British counterpart, David Cameron, revealed that the G8 group of industrialised nations will not meet in Russia despite it being timetabled to take place in Sochi this June.

'We should be clear there's not going to be a G8 summit this year in Russia. That's absolutely clear,' Cameron said.

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