From Washington, this is VOA News. I'm Ray Kouguell reporting. US and Germany still push for diplomacy in the Ukraine crisis. President Barack Obama says that _______________________________________________, but no decision has yet been made. Speaking during a joint news conference at the White House Monday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr. Obama said they continue to seek a diplomatic answer: "My hope is that through these diplomatic efforts those costs have become high enough that Mr. Putin's preferred option is for a diplomatic resolution and I won't pre-judge whether or not they'll be successful." 美国之音新闻，我是雷?寇格尔，华盛顿报道。 美德仍试图以外交方式解决乌克兰危机。 奥巴马总统表示___________________________________________，但是目前还未做出决定。周一，奥巴马同德国总理默克尔在白宫举行联合新闻发布会，会上，奥巴马表示他们仍在继续寻求外交解决危机的途径： “我希望可以用外交努力解决危机，目前危机造成的代价已经很高了，因此普京总统倾向选择外交解决方式，但这是否会奏效，我不会妄下断言。”
