Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 1 he and his European partners failed to persuade Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to extend a ceasefire and that the Ukrainian leader bore full responsibility for the violence there.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Putin says Russia, Europe could not sway Poroshenko over ceasefire
Pro-Russia armed separatists stand guard at a checkpoint outside the town of Metalist, north of Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, on June 28, 2014.
