Ukraine - Washington won't allow 'package deal' with Russia over Syria, Ukraine

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko got assurances from U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that Washington will not allow any deal that links the fates of Ukraine and Syria, Poroshenko's office said in a statement on Tuesday.

Poroshenko and Tillerson spoke by phone on the eve of Tillerson's visit to Moscow, which is set to be an early foreign policy test for the Donald Trump administration.