Interfax: Ukraine should withdraw subdivisions from settlements to stop bloodshed – Putin

ULAN-BATOR. Sept 3 (Interfax) – Both conflict parties should agree and carry out a set of actions in order to stop the bloodshed and stabilize the situation in south-eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

“The first thing is to stop active offensive operations by the armed forces and armed formations of militia of south-eastern Ukraine in the direction of Donetsk and Luhansk,” Putin told reporters.

Putin said that during his flight to Mongolia he drafted his own plan to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.

“The second thing is to withdraw armed subdivisions of Ukrainian law enforcers to a distance, ruling out the possibility of artillery and all multiple launch system strikes on settlements,” the Russian president said.