Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said he had asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to put pressure on separatist fighters in the east, after four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a grenade attack.
“I called him urgently. I told him that this brings us no closer to peace,” Zelensky said during a briefing, adding that he had urged Putin to ask the Moscow-backed separatists to “stop killing our people”.
“These aren’t toys,” Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian leader said he had a “long conversation” with Putin on Wednesday morning, only their second publicly announced phone call since former comedian Zelensky was elected in …read more
Source: Gulf times
