MOSCOW, June 24 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, to scrap its March 1 resolution to launch a military offensive against Ukraine.
Putin is trying to signal to the world that he is giving the peace deal and cease-fire a chance by trying to normalize the situation in Ukraine. Putin sent an official address to the Federation Council before he left for an official visit to Vienna. Deputy head of the Federation Council's International Committee Andrey Klimov said the council had received Putin's request and would repeal the resolution on June 25.