US, EU threaten retaliation as Crimea votes to join Russia https://wsws.org/en/articles/2014/03/17/ukra-m17.html The US State Department issued its own version of the call, saying Kerry had reaffirmed that the US considered the referendum illegal and would not recognize the outcome. Kerry, a State Department official said, “raised strong concerns” about Russian military activity and “continuing provocations in eastern cities in Ukraine.” He reiterated US demands that Russia immediately pull its forces back to their bases in Crimea and end its military exercises along Ukraine’s southern and eastern borders.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:55:22 +0000
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