PLEASE, UR, HELP ME OFF THIS LIMB:

Russian President Vladi­mir Putin called President Obama on Friday to discuss how to pursue a "diplomatic resolution" to the crisis in Ukraine, the White House announced.

In a statement, the White House said Putin called Obama -- who is completing a visit to Europe and the Middle East, in large part to rally support against Russia's seizure of Crimea -- to go over a proposal Secretary of State John Kerry made to his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, earlier this week in The Hague.

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