Barack Obama actually said...

"The leaders stressed that Russia needs to take immediate, concrete actions to de-escalate the situation in eastern Ukraine."

"Ukraine is a sovereign nation that has deep historical roots with Russia."

"We want to give diplomacy a chance as long as ultimately the decisions are being made by Ukrainians -- not by Russians, not by Americans, not by other European nations, but by Ukrainians themselves."

"There's no excuse for not only Russian troops being massed along the borders of Ukraine, but also for the covert support and certainly the rhetorical support that you're seeing for these militias."