18:37
26.3.2014
Obama: Neither the US nor the EU has any interest in controlling Ukraine. Russia is not the Soviet Union, it leads no bloc of other countries.
18:38
26.3.2014
Obama: Every NATO member must share part of the burden of defense.
18:40
26.3.2014
Obama: What we want is for the Ukrainian people to make their own decisions—just like other free people around the world.
18:40
26.3.2014
Obama: There is no evidence of systemic violence against ethnic Russians in Ukraine.
18:42
26.3.2014
Obama: NATO only intervened after the people of Kosovo were brutalized for years. Referendum was held with UN.
18:42
26.3.2014
Obama: Even in Iraq, the US sought to work within the international system.
18:43
26.3.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service quotes reports in which acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov says he expects the release soon of Colonel Yuliy Mamchur, the Belbeks base commander, and "our other officers" reportedly detained by Russian forces. "We hope to see them in Kyiv tomorrow," Turchynov reportedly said.
18:44
26.3.2014
Obama: "Absurd" to say US conspiring with "fascists" in Ukraine.
18:46
26.3.2014
Obama: Just because Russia has a long history with Ukraine does not mean it can dictate Ukraine's future.
18:47
26.3.2014
Obama: It wasn't America that filled the Maidan with people, it was the Ukrainians.