Obama draws another red line he won’t enforce, this time on Ukraine

Published February 19, 2014 5:00am ET



President Obama drew a new red line Wednesday amid continuing violence in Ukraine.

“And I want to be very clear as we work through these next several days in Ukraine that we’re going to be watching closely and we expect the Ukrainian government to show restraint, to not resort to violence in dealing with peaceful protestors. We’ve also said we expect peaceful protestors to remain peaceful and we’ll be monitoring very closely the situation, recognizing that with our European partners and the international community there will be consequences if people step over the line,” Obama said from Mexico, where he is meeting with other North American leaders.

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