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 Russia demands that the current Kyiv administration immediately halt all military operations in the southeastern regions of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

 “Russia demands that the Kyiv administration immediately halt all military punitive operations in the southeastern regions of Ukraine,” the Russian president told a press conference following negotiations with his Swiss counterpart Didier Burkhalter.

Switzerland now chairs the OSCE.