U.S. President Barack Obama quipped Russian President Vladimir Putin that he is not fooling people regarding the crisis in Ukraine after Putin denied Russian forces operating in the Crimean Peninsula , Ukraine .
The U.S. and Russia still continued war rhetoric on the crisis in Ukraine , while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry who was in Kiev was astounded to learn that Putin's statement .
Obama said the European Union , Canada and Japan all believe Russia had violated international law by mobilizing the troops following the overthrow of President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych last February 22 .
" President Putin seems to have a team of lawyers who ( had a view of the law ) is different , perhaps also a series of different interpretations . , But I do not think Russia is fooling people , " Obama said as quoted by Reuters .
In a press conference yesterday with lightly Putin said Ukraine claimed thousands of soldiers who had been sent to the Crimea as a local self-defense forces who surrounded the Ukrainian military bases in the Crimea .
When asked whether Russian troops participated in operations in the Crimea , " No, they do not participate . Much uniform ( soldiers ) that seems similar . "
When Putin hears this , Foreign Minister John Kerry immediately shook his head .
" He actually denied any Russian forces in the Crimea ? " , He asked reporters .
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