The leaders of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine, in a conference

call on Wednesday, called for extending a current ceasefire between

government forces and militias in eastern Ukraine that expires on June 25, the Kremlin said.

The presidents of Russia, France and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin,

Francois Hollande and Petro Poroshenko, and German Chancellor Angela

Merkel had “detailed exchanges of opinions on the crisis situation in

Ukraine,” the Russian president’s office said. “The need was stressed to

extend the truce and create conditions for proper control of the

ceasefire regime.”