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The request made by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Russian Federation Council to cancel the decision it made on March 1 granting him the right to use Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine indicates the Russian leader's support of Petro Poroshenko's peace plan, Iryna Heraschenko, Ukrainian presidential envoy on the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, said.

“It is an indication that President Putin backs President
Poroshenko’s peace plan. Russia has recognized the new legitimate
Ukrainian administration, the newly elected president. It is indicated
by the beginning of dialogue and the recognition of the peace plan,”
Heraschenko told Interfax on Tuesday.

At the same time, she said Ukraine expects Russia to take real steps
to de-escalate the situation in the eastern regions of Ukraine, withdraw
its military units from the border, and a prompt decision by the
Russian Federation Council on the March 1 decision.

“We expect Russia to use all its leverage on the militants to cause
them to fulfill the president’s peace plan, specifically, lay down their
weapons and free all hostages, stop using weapons against civilians and
provoking the Ukrainian army, and promote de-escalation, not fuel the
conflict,” Heraschenko said.