In comments to Govorit Moskva radio, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed media speculation that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had issued Putin an ultimatum in an attempt to secure a breakthrough in the crisis, Reuters reports.
“Nobody has ever talked to the president in the tone of an ultimatum – and could not do so even if they wanted to,” Peskov was quoted as saying.
Merkel and French President François Hollande had five hours of talks with Putin in Moscow on Friday.
They agreed in a phone call with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko two days later that all four would meet in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday to try to end about 10 months of fighting in east Ukraine.
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