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OUR RESPONSE BASED ON WHETHER
RUSSIA CHOOSES TO ESCALATE OR TO
DEESCALATE THE SITUATION.
NOW, I BELIEVE THERE IS STILL A
PATH TO RESOLVE THIS SITUATION
DIPLOMATICALLY IN A WAY THAT
ADDRESSES THE INTEREST OF BOTH
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.
THAT INCLUDES RUSSIA PULLING ITS
FORCES IN CRIMEA BACK TO THEIR
BASES, SUPPORTING THE DEPLOYMENT
OF ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL
MONITORS IN UKRAINE AND ENGAGING
IN DIALOGUE WITH THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS INDICATED
ITS OPENNESS TO PURSUING
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AS THEY
MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS ELECTIONS
THIS SPRING.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE ARE
GOING TO STAND FIRM IN OUR
UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.
AS I TOLD PRIME MINISTER
YATSENYUK LAST WEEK, THE UNITED
STATES STANDS WITH THE PEOPLE OF
UKRAINE AND THEIR RIGHT TO
DETERMINE THEIR OWN DESTINY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER THEM
ECONOMIC SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED