ULAN BATOR (Mongolia), September 3 (RIA Novosti) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko did not agree on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine during their telephone conversation because Russia is not a party in the conflict, but they did discuss ways of solving the conflict.
“Putin and Poroshenko did in fact discuss steps that would provide for a ceasefire between the militia and the Ukrainian armed forces. Russia cannot physically agree on a ceasefire because it isn’t a party in the conflict,” Peskov said.
Earlier on Wednesday the Ukrainian president’s press service said that after a telephone conversation between Poroshenko and Putin, the former announced an immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.
Putin is currently on an official visit to Mongolia.
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