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Obama blames Russia for violence in eastern Ukraine

(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-08-29 09:40

Obama blames Russia for violence in eastern Ukraine

US President Barack Obama answers questions in the White House Press Briefing Room ahead of a meeting with his national security council in Washington, August 28, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]

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WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Thursday blamed Russia for the violence in eastern Ukraine, threatening "more costs" for Moscow.

The president told reporters at the White House that he spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the phone about the situation in Ukraine, as Kiev and the West were accusing Moscow of launching a new incursion into the country's east.

"We agree, if there was ever any doubt, that Russia is responsible for the violence in eastern Ukraine," he said. "The violence is encouraged by Russia. The separatists are trained by Russia. They are armed by Russia. They are funded by Russia."

"And this ongoing Russian incursion into Ukraine will only bring more costs and consequences for Russia," he added.

Russia denied sending weapons and soldiers to help the rebels, saying the men captured on Monday had crossed an unmarked section of the border by accident.

Kiev announced, however, that Russian forces seized the port of Novoazovsk and several towns and villages in Donetsk region. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said more than 1,000 Russian troops were believed to be operating inside Ukraine.

"Throughout this process, we've seen deep Russian involvement in everything that they've done," Obama said. "I think in part because of the progress that you had seen by the Ukrainians around Donetsk and Lugansk, Russia determined that it had to be a little more overt in what it had already been doing, but it's not really a shift."

According to Obama, a NATO summit scheduled for early next month in Britain would focus on "additional steps" to ensure the alliance's preparedness for "any challenge," and that he would reaffirm the "unwavering" US commitment to Ukraine when he meets with President Petro Poroshenko next month at the White House.

Obama once again ruled out a military solution to the Ukrainian crisis. "What we're doing is to mobilize the international community to apply pressure on Russia," he said, adding the existing sanctions on Russia are hurting its economy.

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