Putin and Poroshenko’s Views on Exit From Crisis in Ukraine Have a Lot in Common - Kremlin

MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed over the telephone with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko the first steps to bringing an end to the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine and the presidents’ views to exiting the crisis considerably coincide, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.

“The discussion was continued on the military and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. The heads of states exchanged their opinions of what needs to be done first for the rapid halt of bloodshed in the country’s southeast,” Peskov said.

“Both presidents’ views on possible ways to exit this difficult crisis situation for the most part coincide,” Peskov added.