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August 31st, 2014 
David Schulberg
According to the Russian leader, the acute situation in the country was discussed with the Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko during the meeting in Belarus’ capital Minsk, RIA Novosti reported.
“We talked about the urgent situation in Donetsk and Luhansk, of course, we discussed it. Naturally, Russia is looking for a termination of the bloodshed (in the Southeast of Ukraine) as soon as possible,” Putin told Russia’s Channel One.
“I think what is happening in the region at the moment is a natural reaction of people, who live there and stand for their rights. They were not the first to take up arms, you know? And this is a result of dramatic developments of Ukraine’s internal political situation,” Russia’s head of state added.
The president also noted that it is necessary to respect the rights of these regions’ people.
“We need to respect their legal rights. Besides, who has the right to roll up artillery and rocket launchers to big or any other settlements and to shell the residential buildings, who has the right to expect that people will sit and wait until all of them are killed?” Putin said.
The military operation, launched by Kiev in mid-April to suppress independence supporters in Ukraine’s Southeastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk has recently become extremely violent.
As the situation in Luhansk and Donetsk regions worsened, thousands of civilians found themselves trapped in the warring regions without electricity, food, medicine or drinking water.
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