http://news.sky.com/story/1424105/kremlin-dont-issue-ultimatums-to-putinKremlin: Don't Issue Ultimatums To Putin
The words come as the EU suspends new sanctions - including visa bans and asset freezes - to give peace efforts a chance.
18:28, UK, Monday 09 February 2015
Vladimir Putin will not be spoken to in the language of ultimatums, a Russian radio station has quoted the Kremlin as saying.
Reports suggest German Chancellor Angela Merkel had given him until Wednesday to agree a peace plan over Ukraine or face new sanctions.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Govorit Moskva radio: "Nobody has ever talked to the president in the tone of an ultimatum - and could not do so even if they wanted to."
The warning came as Mrs Merkel met US President Barack Obama to discuss the peace initiative, while the White House considers supplying weapons to Kiev.
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