Via AFP:
Russian President Vladimir Putin called his American counterpart Barack Obama to discuss a US proposal for a diplomatic end to the Ukraine crisis on Friday while insisting to the United Nations that Moscow had "no intention" of further military action.
The White House said in a statement Putin phoned Obama following a proposal presented to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov by US Secretary of State John Kerry in The Hague earlier this week.
"President Obama suggested that Russia put a concrete response in writing," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
Obama and Putin had agreed...
