DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday asked the upper chamber of parliament to cancel a resolution allowing him to send troops into Ukraine.

A Kremlin spokesman said, reports The Straits Times.

‘In the aim of normalising the atmosphere and resolving the situation in the eastern regions of Ukraine and also in connection with the start of three-way negotiations on this issue a request was sent to the Federation Council to cancel the resolution,’ Russian news agencies quoted spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.

BDST: 1731 HRS, JUNE 24, 2014