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German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the second time in two days on June 26 to discuss how to help resolve the crisis in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said.

The call took place "at the initiative of the German side" and touched on questions of "monitoring observance of the ceasefire between the sides in conflict, the necessity of extending the truce, the establishment of regular work by the contact group and the freeing of people being forcibly detained", the Kremlin said.

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