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Obama Speaks To Putin About Violence In Ukraine -- USA Today
President Obama and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Monday about escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday.
It reported that Putin told Obama that any accusations of Russian interference in Ukraine are "unfounded," according to the AFP wire service.
"In reply to concern voiced by the American president about so-called Russian interference in southeast Ukraine, the Russian president remarked that such speculations are based on unfounded information," said a statement reported by AFP.
The White House has not commented directly on the phone call.
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Update: Putin to Obama: Use your influence to prevent bloodshed in Ukraine -- RT
My Comment: I would bet that the first thing that was discussed was President Obama's denying reports that the U.S. was going to ship arms to Ukraine .... an idea that was speculated openly by a senior US State Department official earlier in the day. The other topics probably included CIA Director's secret trip to Ukraine .... that raised some red flags in Moscow, as well as Russian fighter jets buzzing U.S. naval warships ... that raised some red flags in Washington. In short .... this was a phone call to de-escalate tensions.
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