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Ukraine told Russian Airlines last week to stay out.

He also said that Obama confirmed his support for Ukraine and its president’s efforts on defending the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country. Kiev accuses Moscow of interfering in its internal affairs, a claim that Russian Federation has repeatedly denied.

Former President Bill Clinton, left, listens as Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative, Sunday, September 27, 2015 in New York.

Washington has demanded that Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad step down, but Putin’s rival alliance with Shiite-led states will instead shore up the beleaguered government in Damascus.

He is due to tell leaders at a summit in New York that Mr Assad could remain temporarily in power at the head of a transitional government.

Mr Putin said Russia’s support for the Assad government was based on the UN Charter.

That is partly because the drop in oil prices has pulled down the cost of gas, since the two are linked in the supply contract between Ukraine’s OAO Naftogaz and Russia’s OAO Gazprom.

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The leaders will meet in New York City on Monday since both will be in town for the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting, reports Reuters.

The European Commission’s vice president for energy, Maros Sefcovic, called the deal a “major achievement” and a “crucial step” to ensure Ukraine has gas supplies from October through March and that Europe receives “reliable” onward deliveries.

Five hours of high-level talks in Brussels between Russian Federation, Ukraine and the European Commission had yet to deliver a firm deal on winter gas supplies, an EU source said on condition of anonymity. Also, the parties discussed the possibility of extra lending to...

Russia’s sudden military build-up this month in support of Assad and a refugee crisis that has spilled over from the region into Europe have lent new urgency to attempts to resolve the Syria conflict.

Obama and Putin will hold a bilateral meeting on Monday afternoon during the three-day session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

More than 8,000 people have been killed and more than 2 million people displaces in the fighting between separatist rebels and Ukrainian government troops in eastern Ukraine.

Furthermore, 53,000 Russian troops would potentially be stationed on the Russian border.