*World leaders and Jewish groups condemned a leaflet handed out in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk in which Jews were told to “register” with the pro-Russian militants who have taken over a government office in an attempt to make Ukraine part of Russia, according to Ukrainian and Israeli media. …

*President Barack Obama said in an interview that aired Thursday that “we don’t need a war” with Russia, downplaying the chance of military conflict between the U.S. and Russia over tensions in Ukraine…Obama’s comments came days after a Russian fighter jet made multiple close-range passes near a U.S. Navy ship …

*For the first time, Putin acknowledged that the well-armed soldiers in unmarked uniforms who took over Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula were Russian. He seemed annoyed, however, by the widespread description of them as “little green men” and asked people to avoid the term. He said the troops — who he claimed …

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