Putin calls for UN condemnation of Kiev`s actions in east Ukraine

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin today told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon he wanted clear United Nations condemnation of the "anti-constitutional" military operation by Ukraine against separatists in the east of the country.

Putin told Ban in telephone talks that Russia "expects clear condemnation from the United Nations and the international community of the anti-consitutional actions" by Ukraine, which according to Putin had sharply worsened the crisis in the country, the Kremlin said in a statement.