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Article snippet: KIEV, Ukraine — Secretary of State Russia until it “reverses the actions” that prompted them and restores the country’s “territorial integrity,” appearing to set the same high bar for sanctions relief that the Obama administration did. Mr. Tillerson’s strongly worded statement, issued at a news conference in Kiev alongside President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine, seemed to insist that Moscow withdraw Russian troops and heavy weapons from eastern Ukraine and return Crimea, the Black Sea territory that Russia annexed in 2014 — though Mr. Tillerson never specifically mentioned that disputed peninsula by name. His comments came on the same day that President Trump said sanctions were not discussed at his meeting on Friday with President ecurity unit,” suggesting for the first time that the two biggest adversaries in cyberspace would somehow police it together. Mr. Trump’s tweet came as intelligence officials appeared increasingly convinced that Russian cyberactivity continued well after the election, and that the Russian government was likely behind recent intrusions into business systems at American nuclear power plants. Mr. Trump said Sunday he had “strongly pressed” Mr. Putin twice during their meeting last week on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit meeting in Hamburg, Germany, over interference in the election. Mr. Putin’s primary diplomatic objective during their meeting was thought to be the lifting of Western sanctions. Mr. Trump had questioned the value... Link to the full article to read more