OBAMA: Russia has not lifted a finger to help. In fact, there's strong evidence that they have been encouraging the kinds of activities that have been taking place.</s>PAUL: That's President Obama there speaking in Malaysia overnight. The president said the world is united against Russia in its actions against Ukraine.</s>BLACKWELL: Well, the tension between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, it is absolutely heating up. Russian state news is now claiming that Kiev has mobilized 15,000 troops in the suburbs of Slaviansk to, and this is a quote, "wipe out the city and its residents."</s>PAUL: And on the Russian side of the border, there are 40,000 troops conducting military exercising. That's according to Moscow. CNN's Phil Black is live in Kiev. So, Phil, are the claims of troops near Slaviansk true?</s>PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Christi. We've certainly seen a buildup of the Ukrainian military over the last week or so. But we can't say for sure whether this 15,000 figure claim is true. We haven't seen anything to support that. But we have seen more Ukrainian military, set up more roadblocks around the town of Slaviansk. We've also seen them challenging the pro-Russian checkpoints around that town. Definitely an uptick in the Ukrainian government says that this is the next phase of what it's called its anti-terror operation against these pro-Russian separatists. So, yes, definitely more Ukrainian military, but not on the scale that is alleged to exist across the border in Russia where, as you say, Russia is still thought to have somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 troops, at a fairly high state of readiness.</s>BLACKWELL: All right. Phil Black in Kiev for us -- Phil, thank you so much.</s>PAUL: Meanwhile, you know, millions of people around the world are celebrating these two new saints in the Catholic Church this morning.</s>BLACKWELL: A member of the CNN team is there and we'll have his impression of the historic day just ahead.
Obama: Russia Encouraging Tension in Ukraine