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Ukraine warned Russia is amassing troops near its borders as Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk visits Washington to step up the search for financial aid. Russian forces, who’ve already seized control of the Crimean peninsula, continue to be deployed along Ukraine’s eastern border and are “constantly increasing their presence,” First Deputy Premier Vitaliy Yarema told the government in Kiev. Yatsenyuk, whose cash-strapped nation needs as much as $15 billion in loans, will meet President Barack Obama later today.

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