Russian leader discussed the situation in Ukraine with the head of the European Council Brussels could encourage Kiev to refrain from “massive shelling” of Donbass and from committing “other gross violations” of international law, Russian President Vladimir Putin told European Council President Charles Michel on Thursday.

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The ex-colonial power is up to no good in the South Caucasus, President Ilham Aliyev has claimed France is stuck in its colonial ways and is intent on causing instability in regions that it never previously ruled, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev claimed on Tuesday.