Russia urges West to press Kyiv to avert Ukraine "catastrophe"
MOSCOW May 29 (Reuters) – Russia demanded on Thursday that
the Ukrainian government stop its military operation against
pro-Russian separatists and urged the United States and European
Union to press Kyiv to avert a “catastrophe” in the former
Soviet republic.
“We once again demand that the Kyiv authorities stop the
fratricidal war and start a real national dialogue,” the Russian
Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding: “We again call on
our Western partners to use all their influence on Kyiv to stop
Ukraine’s slide into national catastrophe.”
(Writing by Steve Gutterman, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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