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YOU A ROUND-UP, THE BIG MOMENTS
FROM TODAY.
TAKE A LOOK.
A TENSE STANDOFF BETWEEN RUSSIAN
AND UKRAINIAN FORCES AT AN AIR
BASE IN CRIMEA.
BASE HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY
RUSSIAN TROOPS FOR THE PAST FEW
DAYS.
UKRAINIAN COMMANDER WALKS
UNARMED TOWARDS THE RUSSIANS.
TWO RIFLES POINTED RIGHT AT HIM.
HE'S BACKED UP BY 300 OF HIS OWN
TROOPS WHO ARE ALSO UNARMED.
THE EXCHANGE ENDS WITH WORDS,
NOT BULLETS.
BUT IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE
TENSION IN THE REGION.
RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE SURROUNDED
TEN UKRAINIAN MILITARY BASES AND
LATER IN THE DAY WARSHIPS FROM
BOTH UKRAINE AND RUSSIA WERE
HEADED TOWARD CRIMEA AND AS
MILITARY TENSION INCREASED SO
TOO DID THE RHETORIC BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA.
HERE IN KIEV, SECRETARY OF STATE
KERRY TOURED INDEPENDENCE
SQUARE, THE SITE OF SO MUCH
BLOODSHED JUST LAST MONTH AND
PAID HIS RESPECTS AT SHRINE FOR
THOSE KILLED IN THE PROTESTS.
AFTER MEETING WITH UKRAINE'S NEW
LEADERS HE TURNED TO RUSH WHY.
>> IT IS CLEAR THAT RUSSIA HAS
BEEN WORKING HARD TO CREATE A
PRETEXT FOR BEING ABLE TO INVADE
FURTHER.
RUSSIA'S TALKED ABOUT RUSSIAN
SPEAKING MINORITY CITIZENS UNDER
SIEGE.
THEY'RE NOT.
>> WHILE THE U.S. IS PREPARING
SANCTIONS, KERRY MADE CLEAR A
MILITARY OPTION IS NOT ON THE
TABLE.
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA AND I WANT TO
MAKE IT CLEAR TO RUSSIA AND TO
EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD THAT WE
ARE NOT SEEKING CONFRONTATION.
>> VLADIMIR PUTIN, WHO'S BEEN
LARGELY SILENT SINCE TROOPS
BEGAN TAKING OVER CRIMEA DENIED
THAT FORCES OF RUSSIA WERE EVEN
IN CRIMEA.
>> Translator: THEY WERE LOCAL
SELF DEFENSE TEAMS.
LET ME MAKE MY QUESTION MORE
SPECIFIC.
DID WE PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING
THOSE TEAMS?
>> Translator: NO.
WE DID NOT.
>> AT LEAST FOR TODAY, PRESIDENT
OBAMA SEEMED TO GET THE LAST
WORD.
>> THERE IS A STRONG BELIEF THAT
RUSSIA'S ACTION IS VIOLATING
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
I KNOW PRESIDENT PUTIN SEEMS TO