Putin tells Ukraine's Poroshenko Russia committed to peace process - Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin told his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, that Moscow remained committed to "further assist" the Ukraine peace process, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday. "V.V. Putin confirmed commitment of the Russian Federation to further assist the peace resolution of the (Ukraine) crisis," the Kremlin said in a report on a phone conversation. In the course of the conversation, "the importance of maintaining steady a ceasefire regime in the south-east of Ukraine was stressed", according to the statement, but it was not immediately clear whether this was the position of the two leaders. (Reporting By Alexei Anishchuk; Editing by Larry King)