ukraine<u+2019>s president petro poroshenko appealed to u.s. president-elect donald trump on tuesday to help counter <u+201c>russian aggression<u+201d> against kiev, the ukrainian government said in a statement. in a phone call, mr. poroshenko <u+201c>stressed the importance of continuing strong support for ukraine from washington to counter russian aggression<u+2026>the two sides agreed to continue contacts, including the holding of bilateral meetings,<u+201d> the statement said. the conversation comes one day after russian president vladimir putin spoke with mr. trump , during a call in which the two men discussed a range of issues including mutual challenges. u.s.-russian relations are at post-cold war lows over the crises in ukraine and syria.
ukraine president asks trump to help counter <u+2018>russian aggression<u+2019>  - wsj
amie ferris-rotman