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普京要求议会收回出兵乌克兰授权 Putin Asks Parliament to Withdraw Request for Force in Ukraine

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俄罗斯总统普京要求俄罗斯议会上院撤销授权总统出兵乌克兰的决定。俄罗斯议会上院3月授权总统出兵乌克兰，保护俄罗斯公民和讲俄语的乌克兰人。
 
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亲俄分离主义领袖、俄罗斯特使和乌克兰谈判代表星期一在东部城市顿涅茨克开始谈判，目的在于结束危机。乌克兰的谈判代表是前总统库奇马。
 
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白宫说，奥巴马总统呼吁普京向亲俄分离主义分子施加压力，要求他们遵守为期一周的停火，并停止从俄罗斯向乌克兰运送武器。
 
在乌克兰东部地区与政府军作战的亲俄分离分子的一名领导人星期一说，他们会遵守停火，直到6月27日。
 
President Vladimir Putin has asked the upper house of Russia's parliament to revoke the right it granted him in March to send the Russian military into Ukraine to defend Russian nationals and Russian-speaking Ukrainians

Mr. Putin had asked the Federation Council to authorize the use of Russian military force in Ukraine after the country's pro-Russian president was forced from power.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that the new step was taken to "normalize" the situation in eastern Ukraine, "and also in connection with the beginning of trilateral talks on the issue."

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko welcomed the move, with his office saying Tuesday that he views it as Mr. Putin's "first practical step" in support of the peace plan.

On Monday, pro-Russian separatist leaders joined Russian envoys and Ukrainian negotiators in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk for talks aimed at ending the crisis. Former president Leonid Kuchma represented Ukraine.

Late Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama urged Mr. Putin by telephone to help implement Mr. Poroshenko's peace plan, starting with the cease-fire the Ukrainian president declared on Friday.

Officials say further talks are set for this week.

The White House said the U.S. president called on Mr. Putin to pressure the pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine to observe the week-long cease-fire and to halt the flow of weapons across the border from Russia to Ukraine.

A leader of pro-Russian separatists battling Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine said Monday that the rebels will observe a truce until June 27.