The White House does not support the idea of ​​a referendum in eastern Ukraine

Putin made a proposal to US President Donald Trump during A meeting of leaders Monday in Helsinki. Antonov, US ambbadador to the United States

"The question of the referendum was discussed," said the ambbadador quoting the AP news agency

adding that Putin had made proposals concrete without explaining what they were. Although Monday's Russian-US leaders met face-to-face, Putin briefed his diplomats on the talks on Thursday. Previously, it was not publicly stated that p. Garrett Marquis, US advisor for national security in the United States, gave such an answer Friday, reports AP.

He badured that in the agreements between the Russian and Ukrainian governments concerning Russian-backed separatist-controlled areas in the eastern part of Ukraine, there is no instrument similar or similar to resolve a conflict. Therefore, any attempt to organize a so-called referendum would not be a legitimism.

A referendum in Ukraine has already been prepared by Russia – in the annexed Crimean peninsula in 2014. However, the international community has not recognized the referendum that took place in military surveillance. True, Putin's press conference after meeting Mr In Brief, in Helsinki, he badured that the referendum was legitimate

"We believe that the referendum was fully in line with international law. has nothing to say about it, "said the Russian president.

The United States and the EU have repeatedly accused Russia of sending its troops and armaments to the separatist regions of eastern Ukraine. Russia denies such accusations, but Ukrainians have repeatedly arrested Russian soldiers and Russian armaments on their territory.