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NATO and Russia to have talks over Ukraine on Wednesday

Associated Press
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    NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen walks away with his papers after speaking at a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Sunday, March 2, 2014. NATO called for emergency talks on Sunday regarding the escalating crisis in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) (The Associated Press)

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    NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, center, walks out of a hallway of NATO headquarters as he prepares to deliver a statement on Ukraine in Brussels on Sunday, March 2, 2014. NATO is calling emergency talks on Sunday regarding the escalating crisis in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) (The Associated Press)

BRUSSELS – The NATO alliance and Russia have agreed to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine at a special meeting on Wednesday.

The alliance announced that an extraordinary NATO-Russia council will convene at the suggestion of alliance secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Russia agreed to the meeting on Tuesday, when NATO ambassadors were further discussing the crisis among themselves.

Rasmussen has said Russia's military intervention in Ukraine is in violation of the U.N. charter and threatens peace and security in Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow reserves the right to use its military to protect Russians there but voiced hope it won't need to do so.

Russia took over the Crimean peninsula on Saturday, placing its troops around the region's military bases and border posts.