(VOVworld) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the need for a political solution to the conflict in Donbass in Eastern Ukraine in a phone call to discuss the Ukraine crisis on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Reuters)

They expressed concerns over frequent ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine. President Putin asked German and French leaders to keep pressure on Kiev during a planned meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw. The three leaders stressed the need for granting special legal status to eastern Ukraine, holding constitutional reform, an amnesty, and local elections.