Russian news agencies say President Vladimir Putin has asked Russian lawmakers to revoke the right they had granted for Russian forces to intervene in Ukraine.
The reports said that President Putin issued the request to the upper house of parliament Tuesday.
Late Monday, President Barack Obama urged Putin by telephone to help implement Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko’s plan for easing political tensions, starting with a cease-fire declared on Friday.
The White House said the president called on Putin to pressure Ukraine’s pro-Russia separatists to observe the week-long ceasefire and to halt the flow of weapons across the border from Russia to Ukraine.
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Source: Voice of America
