Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called for a complete ceasefire in eastern Ukraine beginning on September 1 due to the start of the school year.
The three leaders issued the call during a telephone conversation on Saturday, the main topics of discussion being the situation in southeastern Ukraine and the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
Merkel and Hollande informed Putin about the results of their recent meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Berlin, TASS news agency informs.
Putin expressed concern about the continuing artillery shelling of civilian areas in Donbas by the Ukrainian military …read more
Source: Novinite
