Speaking at the Hague, Netherlands, where he is attending a summit on international security, Obama said the West will not recognize Russia's illegal attempt to annex Crimea. He insisted that ...

Former President Obama on Thursday defended his response to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, saying that circumstances were different then compared to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine ...

And I can understand how President Obama would feel. He wasn’t happy and (INAUDIBLE) for that reason. If we can try to follow this logic for a moment, Trump says Crimea was “taken away from ...

President Obama on Tuesday said that he believed that Russia was "still making a series of calculations" regarding any further moves after its annexation of Crimea, but that there was no ...

US President Donald Trump has taken a swipe at the previous Obama administration, suggesting it was “too soft” on Russia over its annexation of Crimea. Under increasing pressure over his ...

Now, faced by the pro-Russian opposition’s rebound success in Crimea and a political result he does not like, Obama cries foul and refuses to accept the outcome. He cannot have it both ways.

"Ukraine of that time was not the Ukraine that we’re talking about today," Obama said. "There’s a reason there was not an armed invasion of Crimea, because Crimea was full of a lot of Russian ...

Crimea Votes Yes to Joining Russia Obama said Russian must pull back it troops from Crimea, support the deployment for additional international monitors in Ukraine, and participate in dialog with ...

following what they decried as a bogus referendum in Crimea. President Obama spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday afternoon, telling him the Crimean referendum would never be ...

"A lot of bad things happened with President Putin and President Obama," Trump said. Trump cited Crimea, a peninsula located on the Black Sea. Following the ousting of Ukraine’s pro-Russia ...

Obama unveiled them Monday in a four-minute ... As we speak, Putin is deciding whether to go beyond Crimea and take eastern Ukraine. Show him some seriousness, Mr. President.

Now more than one side may want Crimea back. “Right now, the situation remains very fluid,” Obama said. “Vice President Biden just spoke with Prime Minister—the Prime Minister of Ukraine ...