WATCH ABOVE: The leaders of Germany and France met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, for emergency talks on how to stop the violence in Eastern Ukraine. Mike Armstrong explains.
BRUSSELS – U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden is questioning the willingness of Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek peace in Ukraine as the leaders of Germany and France are seeking such a deal in Moscow.
Biden said Friday at European Union headquarters in Brussels that Putin “continues to call for new peace plans as his troops roll through the Ukrainian countryside and he absolutely ignores every agreement that his country has signed in the past.”
WATCH: U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden gave remarks at the European Council headquarters in Belgium on Friday.
Biden insists the 28-nation EU and the United States need to stand together and support the government of Ukraine with financial and political aid.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande were heading to Moscow on Friday to press for peace in eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed rebels were fighting government troops.
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