Russian military attache detained in Ukraine for spying, ordered to leave

  
  
 
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Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that the withdrawal of Ukrainian military units from the south-east of the country, ending violence and launching a national dialogue are key issues, the Kremlin said.
  
The Kremlin also said that Merkel, in a call it said she initiated, asked Putin to help free European military observers who are being held by pro-Russian militia in Ukraine.

This comes after Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for talks between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists in south-eastern Ukraine under the aegis of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
  
"Russia believes that such a dialogue could be arranged between the authorities in Kiev and their opponents in other regions of the country under the aegis of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe," Lavrov told Rossiya-24 TV during a visit to Peru.


REUTERS