Obama Tells Putin: Get Separatists To Give Up Guns
4,497 views · Published 15 April 2014 · 1:52 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: Sky News · 2014 · News & Politics
Barack Obama has urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to convince pro-Moscow activists to leave the buildings they have seized in eastern Ukraine. In the pair's first communication regarding the crisis for more than two weeks, the US President stressed irregular forces in the country should lay down their arms. Pro-Russian forces have taken more than a dozen government offices in recent days in the hope of following in the footsteps of the Crimean Peninsula and forcing a referendum on joining Moscow. http://news.sky.com/story/1242640/obama-to-putin-get-separatists-to-give-up-guns SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more great videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews and https://twitter.com/skynewsbreak Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews For more great content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: iPad https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/Sky-News-for-iPad/id422583124 iPhone https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB
