# President Obama delivers a statement on Ukraine on 2014-03-17

President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the 2014 Crimean crisis, including the 2014 Crimean referendum, on March 17, 2014. Original description of the speech: "Today, President Obama announced new measures the United States is taking to send a strong message to the Russian government that there are consequences for their actions that violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including their actions supporting the illegal referendum for Crimean separation.".

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2014
- Runtime: 4 min
- By: The White House
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Obama_delivers_a_statement_on_Ukraine_on_2014-03-17.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: The White House
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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