Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that on Saturday evening on the eve of the entry into force of the ceasefire in line with the Minsk agreements he intends to make phone calls to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Barack Obama.

During the transfer of military equipment to the Ukrainian border guards in Kyiv on Saturday, Poroshenko said that at 17.00 he will talk on the phone with Merkel, and at 1900 with Obama.