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CRI听力:Ukraine Says Ready for Bilateral Ceasefire

2014-07-11来源:CRI

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he's ready to enact a bilateral ceasefire.

Poroshenko has made the suggestion in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has also spoken with Merkel and French President Francois Hollande.

He's used the conversation to re-issue his call for a ceasefire.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich contends the fighting in eastern Ukraine has been escalating.

"We see for ourselves that the ceasefire hasn't happened. But rather, there has been a toughening of the situation, a toughening and an expansion of the punitive operation of the Ukrainian forces. This gives a rise to regrets."

Ukrainian authorities say 23 of the 36 districts seized by militants in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk have been retaken by the Ukrainian army.