from separatists he described as russian "proxies." >> it is necessary for russia to take the first steps to deescalate the situation in the eastern part of ukraine, in particular by respecting the cease-fire, by pulling back the heavy weapons, and allowing the

at the g-20 summit in germany. in statements on twitter, he said, "i strongly pressed president putin twice about russian meddling in our election. he vehemently denied it. i've already given my opinion..... putin & i discussed forming an impenetrable cyber security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded. sanctions were not discussed at my meeting with president putin. nothing will be done until the