Credit: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he arrives for a meeting with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev, November 21, 2014.
Addressing himself rhetorically to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin after holding talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Biden said: 'Do what you agreed to do, Mr. Putin.'
Referring to Russia's annexation of the Crimea in March and its backing for separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, Biden, in a statement to the press alongside Poroshenko, said Russian behavior was a 'flagrant violation of the bedrock principles of the international system.'
Biden said the United States would always support a democratic, reformist Ukraine, but he made no specific mention of any fresh aid.
Russia denies arming the separatists or sending its troops across the border.
(Additional reporting by Alessandra Prentice; Writing By Richard Balmforth; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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