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well, candy, let me say this, i m actually coming from a meeting with the foreign minister and the ambassador who heads the special monitoring mission along with my eu and russian counterparts. and we all reaffirmed today in this setting our collective commitment to trying to make the geneva framework a success. there are obviously some real challenges at this point, including some new violence this morning in eastern ukraine. but we also believe that there has been some progress. i m seeing reports this morning that at least one of these government buildings now has a ukrainian flag flying over it. and the osce has monitors on the ground who are reaching out, engaging with local political elites, seeing if there s a way to de-escalate the crisis. so right now, we re planning for success. on your question about civil war and violence, you know, what i
and what has the u.s. got to offer here? well, candy, let me say this, i m actually coming from a meeting with the foreign minister and the ambassador who heads the special monitoring mission along with my eu and russian counterparts. and we all reaffirmed today in this setting our collective commitment to trying to make the geneva framework a success. there are obviously some real challenges at this point, including some new violence this morning in eastern ukraine. but we also believe that there has been some progress. i m seeing reports this morning that at least one of these government buildings now has a ukrainian flag flying over it. and the osce has monitors on the ground who are reaching out, engaging with local political elites, seeing if there s a way to de-escalate the crisis. so right now, we re planning for success. on your question about civil war