US Pushes to De-Escalate Ukraine Crisis

Russia says it has prepared proposals to defuse the Ukraine crisis, but Washington says Moscow needs to show evidence that it wants peace.  Russian forces continued to consolidate their presence in the Crimea, on Monday taking control of a military hospital. Meanwhile, protests - for and against Russia - continued. In Washington, U.S. officials kept up their push Monday to get Russia to back down and de-escalate the crisis. “Those troops should go back to their bases,"...

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