Deauville – Russian President Vladimir Putin says he welcomes Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko’s position on the need to immediately stop the hostilities in the eastern part of Ukraine. He also praises Poroshenko’s general attitude toward ways to settle crisis in Ukraine.

“I cannot but welcome Mr. Poroshenko’s position as to the need to immediately stop bloodshed in eastern Ukraine,” Putin told journalists in Deauville when asked to comment on outcomes of this conversation with Poroshenko on June 6.