MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 1 he and European Union states had tried unsuccessfully to persuade Kyiv to extend a ceasefire in east Ukraine, and the Ukrainian president had veered off the road to peace.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Putin accuses Ukrainian leader of shunning road to peace
Guards of the self-proclaimed \"Donetsk People's Republic\" keep watchs in the town hall of the besieged Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on June 24, 2014.
