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Mixed Reaction to Russian Troop Presence in Crimea

Ukraine's interim goverment ordered a full military mobilization on Sunday following Russia's deployment of troops in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk decried the Russian move as an act of war. The United States and others have condemned Russia for what they call acts of aggression in Crimea. But many in the largely ethnic-Russian Ukrainian republic have welcomed what's been a largely bloodless break from...

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