White house: Obama and Hollande discussed sanctions against Russia
Dmitry Zlatarev. The presidents of the United States and France, Barack Obama and Francois Hollande on Tuesday discussed by telephone punishment against Russia and the need for financial assistance to the government of Ukraine, said the White house.
" The sides discussed the situation in the East of Ukraine and the need to maintain sanctions against Russia because of the failure of the Minsk agreements. They also agreed on the importance of providing additional financial assistance to the government of Ukraine ", - said in the report.
With September in Minsk there were several rounds of negotiations between representatives of Ukraine and the self-proclaimed people's Republic of Donbass with the mediation of the OSCE and Russia. In this process, the Parties discussed the ceasefire and monitoring of its compliance with OSCE, the discharge of heavy equipment from the separation line between security forces and militias, the exchange of prisoners. On the morning of December 9, in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. After a month of silence on 9 January fighting in the area was resumed in practice across the line of contact.