Putin, Poroshenko call for speedy halt to bloodshed - agencies


  • World
  • Friday, 06 Jun 2014

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko called on Friday for a speedy halt to bloodshed and military actions in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported, citing the Kremlin's spokesman.

The two leaders met for the first time since Moscow annexed Crimea, as world leaders commemorated the 70th anniversary of the World War Two D-Day landings in France. [ID:nL6N0ON24L]

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