Guardian spins White House statement
Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2014
This how the Guardian newspaper is trying to spin yesterday’s White House statement which pointedly failed to recognise Ukraine’s “interim president”. Carney precise words were as follows:
So does the U.S. consider Yanukovych deposed and recognize chairman of the Ukrainian parliament Oleksandr Turchynov as the interim president?
“Well, we believe he is the lawfully elected speaker of parliament. The — Mr. Yanukovych had left Kiev and packed up his belongings and left, and his whereabouts are not known. So, he’s certainly not actively leading the country at present.
Viktor Yanukovych no longer leading Ukraine, US declares
25th February, 2014
The Obama administration has signalled it no longer recognises Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine’s president as western support firms up for the new leadership in Kiev.
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