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Tusk implores Russia to stop violence in Ukraine
By EUOBSERVER
Donald Tusk, president of the European Council on Thursday called on Russia to use its power over rebels in eastern Ukraine to stop the recent flare-up of hostilities. "Russia should use its influence to disengage the Russian-backed separatists," Tusk told journalists. Also the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, called on Moscow to de-escalate violence in eastern Ukraine and withdraw from Crimea.