Putin backs deployment of UN forces to Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin today backed a UN task force's deployment for protecting O'O monitors The SEU throughout Ukraine's rebel birth.

The “Such a settlement could occur not only in the demarcation line after withdrawing the forces and military material from two camps, but also in other countries where OSCE monitors conduct their inspections”, the Russian president said in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to a Kremlin communiqué.

Last week, the Russian president spoke for the first time in support of the deployment of Blue Casca to ensure the security of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation's observers in Europe to the east of Ukraine, a request of Kiev, including for three years in a conflict between the Ukrainian Army yesterday of prorus separatists.