Ukraine Crisis: Kremlin Insists It Cannot Control Pro-Russian Separatists And Calls For Dialogue With West -- The Independent
The Kremlin said yesterday it was receiving "thousands" of pleas for help from Ukraine, warning that it could not control pro-Russian separatists in the country and now required help to resolve the worsening violence.
As Russian troops continued to conduct exercises near the Ukrainian border and the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, demanded the Russian government do more to defuse the situation or risk further economic sanctions, a Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, was quoted as saying that Russia had "lost its influence" over separatists in the region.
Speaking in Moscow yesterday, Mr Peskov said: "People are calling in despair, asking for help. The overwhelming majority demand Russian help. All these calls are reported to [President] Vladimir Putin."
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Update: Putin Spokesman: Russia Has 'Lost Influence' Over Separatists In Eastern Ukraine -- IBTimes
WNU Editor: I know this region of Ukraine intimately .... the idea that the people in this region will tow the Kremlin line is a stretch. It was the labor unrest in this region that brought about the downfall of the Soviet Union two decades ago .... the people at that time did not listen to Moscow, and I doubt that they are listening to Moscow now. The Ukraine government is (of course) disagreeing with this Kremlin position that they cannot control the separatists .... Odessa violence part of Russia plan ’to destroy Ukraine’: PM -- Business Recoreder/AFP
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