BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a phone call late on July 10 to keep a sense of proportion in his actions against separatists and to protect civilians, a German government spokesman said on July 11.
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Reuters: Merkel asks Ukraine to keep sense of proportion against separatists
Ukrainian soldiers with a tank stand guard at a check-point near the small eastern Ukrainian city of Konstantinovka, some 50 km from Donetsk, on July 10, 2014.
