Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he has spoken with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, after four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in shelling in eastern Ukraine.”I called him urgently. I told him that this brings us no closer to peace,” Zelenskiy said during a news briefing in Kyiv, adding that he had urged Putin to ask the Moscow-backed separatists to “stop killing our people.”He also said Putin had promised him something, details of which would be disclosed later.The Kremlin has not commented on the phone call.Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on August 6 that the separatists had opened fire …read more
Source: Voice of America
