Moscow – President Barack Obama is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull back Russian troops from the border with Ukraine.
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The White House says Putin called Obama on Friday while the president was traveling internationally.
The White House says Obama urged Russia to offer a written response to a diplomatic resolution to the Ukraine crisis that the U.S. has presented. Obama and Putin agreed that Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss further steps.
Obama says Ukraine’s government is pursuing de-escalation despite Russia’s incursion into Crimea. He urged Putin to support that and to stop building up troops on its border with Ukraine.
The call comes as Ukraine’s government and the West are concerned about a possible Russian invasion in eastern Ukraine.
Obama’s hope for a better outcome to this is going to hinge on his own talent for really unraveling a very untidy experiment of his own lost inclinations. If he continues his current ways, he will see the Russians hold their flag in his face and we will not be ready for tomorrow’s business. I would not only pray for our president to improve, I would also consider consulting your rabbi to see if your vote will count against your future smiles forever if Israel is going to have an ongoing issue from this black campaign. I for one am not going to smile for a while on this matter.