Telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko 2014-09-03 10:00:00 Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. The two presidents continued their detailed discussion of the military and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and exchanged views on priority steps needed to bring about a swift end to the bloodshed in Ukraine’s southeast. Mr Putin and Mr Poroshenko expressed to a large extent similar views on possible ways out of the crisis.