Poroshenko thanked Merkel for the issue of Ukraine on the agenda of the EU summit
The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her gratitude for the inclusion of the " Ukrainian question " on the agenda of the European Council meeting to be held on the first day of the weekend in Brussels.
" The interlocutors coordinated steps for further action at the beginning of the European Council meeting on 30 August in Brussels. Petro Poroshenko expressed gratitude to Angela Merkel for her efforts to include the Ukrainian question in the agenda of this meeting ", - reported in the report on the Internet office of the President.
in addition, Poroshenko expressed hope that Ukraine and decisive action from the EU to Russia.
Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid April to Ukraine forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded.