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 Ukraine's acting president Oleksander Turchynov called on Russia on April 24 to pull troops back from their border, stop interfering in Ukraine's internal affairs and end its "permanent threats and blackmail". Turchynov broadcast his brief address to the nation after Russia said it had begun military exercises near the border in response to escalation by Ukraine.

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