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Vladimir Putin hopes for ceasefire, nationwide dialogue in Ukraine

By IANS English

| Updated: Friday, June 20, 2014, 8:12 [IST]

Moscow, June 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed hope that Ukrainian authorities would stop violence and start a national dialogue without delay, Xinhua reported.

Citing telephone conversations between Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, the Kremlin press service said: "In particular, Putin voiced serious concerns about the military operation that Kiev is continuing in the southeastern part of Ukraine."

The leaders also discussed the failure of talks on settling the Ukrainian debt for Russian gas supplies and its possible consequences for Europe's economy and energy security, it said.

IANS