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President Obama confers by phone from the Oval Office with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, about the situation in Ukraine recently. Ukraine's prime minister is due Wednesday in Washington. (White House)
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In this March 10, 2014, photo, White House press secretary Jay Carney answers questions during his daily news briefing at the White House as he spoke about the situation in Ukraine. In a diplomatic dig at Russia, President Barack Obama is hosting the new Ukrainian prime minister at the White House on March 12, a high-profile gesture aimed at cementing the West’s allegiance to Ukraine’s fledgling government. The meeting between Obama and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk comes as a pro-Russian area of Ukraine readies for a referendum Sunday to determine its future. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Workers place an advertisement over a poster which reads, "Hands off Ukraine" in Perevalsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is sending a new team to observe military developments in tense regions of Ukraine after pro-Russian forces rebuffed previous attempts to monitor Crimea. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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A man gestures during a pro Russia rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Ukraine's acting president on Tuesday called for the formation of a national guard and for the mobilization of reserves and volunteers into the country's armed forces. The banner at right reads, "Freedom to Pavel Gubarev". Gubarev is a Donetsk protest leader and self-proclaimed people's governor who is currently under arrest. (AP Photo/Andrey Basevich)
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Demonstrators march during a pro Russia rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Ukraine's acting president on Tuesday called for the formation of a national guard and for the mobilization of reserves and volunteers into the country's armed forces. The banners, from left, read "We love Russia", and "Freedom to Pavel Gubarev". Gubarev is a Donetsk protest leader and self-proclaimed people's governor who is currently under arrest. (AP Photo/Andrey Basevich)
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A member of a self defense volunteer group smokes a cigarette as he sits outside a tent in Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia)
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A woman poses for a photograph next to a wall composed of paving stones and adorned with flowers and candles placed in memory of those who died in clashes which took place in late February in Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia)
