U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed their concern about Russia's role in rising violence in eastern Ukraine in a phone call late on Jan. 27 and agreed on the need for funds to stabilise the Ukrainian economy.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Obama, Merkel want Russia held accountable for violence in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting of the State Council and the Presidential Council for Culture and Art at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Dec. 24, 2014.
