The EU’s new Polish chairman has urged Russia to withdraw its forces from Ukraine in his first official statement.
Donald Tusk said in a communique on Monday (1 December) after speaking by phone with US leader Barack Obama: “We shared our concerns over the crisis in Ukraine and agreed on how important it is for Russia to withdraw from eastern Ukraine, to stop supplying troops and equipment”.
He noted that his symbolic first phone call “underlines the importance I attach to our rel...
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