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Ukraine's prime minister urges West not to lift sanctions on Russia

25 September 2014 09:58 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Zumrud Pashayeva – APA. Ukraine's prime minister has urged the West not to lift sanctions on Russia until his country regains control of all its territory, APA reports quoting BBC.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the UN General Assembly that Russian troops were still operating in eastern Ukraine.

"We ask our partners not to lift sanctions until Ukraine takes control of its entire territory," Mr Yatsenyuk said. "Crimea was, is and will be a part of Ukraine."

"Russian troops are deployed in the east of Ukraine," he said. "We urge Russia to pull back its forces and to start real talks."

He told Russia: "You can win the fight against the troops, but you will never win the fight against the united Ukraine nation."

Earlier, Mr Obama criticised Russian actions in Ukraine, but said that if Russia took the path of peace, "then we will lift our sanctions and welcome Russia's role in addressing common challenges".