Feb 28, 7:43 PM EST
OBAMA COULD
PULL RUSSIA TRIP AMID UKRAINE TUMULT
BY JULIE
PACE AND MATTHEW LEE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials said Friday that President
Barack Obama may scrap plans to attend an international summit in Russia this
summer and could also halt discussions on deepening trade ties with Moscow,
raising specific possible consequences if Russia should intervene in Ukraine.
Obama himself bluntly warned of unspecified "costs" for Russia.
"Any violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial
integrity would be deeply destabilizing," Obama declared. Such action by
Russia would represent a "profound interference" in matters that must
be decided by the Ukrainian people, he said.
While the president spoke only of "reports" of
military movements inside Ukraine, the officials said the U.S does believe that
Russia is intervening. . . . .
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