Ukraine's Poroshenko raises issue of peacekeepers with Germany's Merkel: statement


KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, in a telephone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, raised the issue of deploying a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine.

Violence in eastern Ukraine has continued between government troops and pro-Russian rebels despite a ceasefire.

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