The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin in a telephone conversation with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso drew attention to the need for an urgent ceasefire in the South-East of Ukraine, said the press service of the Kremlin.

" Putin, for example, drew attention to the need for urgent cessation Kiev hostilities in the South-East of the country, " said in the report.

Kyiv holds mid April special military operation to suppress the independence supporters in the East of Ukraine, do not recognise the legality of the new Ukrainian authorities that came to power in the result of the February coup d'etat. The most acute confrontation was observed in Slavyansk in the Northern part of Donetsk region, but mainly in the neighbouring Kramatorsk and in Mariupol in the South region. In the Russian capital this special operation, which has already led to numerous casualties on both sides and among them among the peaceful residents, called punitive and campaigning Kiev immediately to stop her.

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