Russia seeks to undermine May 25 election, says Ukraine PM


  • World
  • Tuesday, 22 Apr 2014

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Tuesday that Russian special forces were operating in eastern Ukraine to undermine a presidential election due on May 25 and he called on Moscow to pull them out.

At a news conference after meeting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Yatseniuk also urged Russia to remove its troops from Crimea, annexed by Moscow last month.

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