Francois Hollande has been talking about Ukraine in Riga:
French President Francois Hollande has said that pressure needed to be applied on Russia and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine to respect a cease-fire he helped broker in February.
"What is clear is that the ceasefire is not entirely respected," Hollande told reporters during an Eastern Partnership summit in Riga on May 22.
The French leader said the situation was still very worrying in certain Ukrainian towns.
"And that is why we must act and continue to put pressure and particularly on the east of Ukraine and on Russia so that they fully respect the Minsk accord," he said.
Russia denies it is providing troops or arms to pro-Russian rebels who launched a separatist uprising in April of last year.
More than 6,100 people have died since then. (Reuters)
Another Ukraine update from our news desk:
Amnesty International says both warring sides in eastern Ukraine are almost daily perpetrating war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners.
In a new report released on May 22, the rights group said it has heard accounts from former captives of government and separatist forces of savage beatings, torture with electric shocks, kicking and stabbings.
Amnesty says it interviewed 17 captives of the separatists and 16 others held by Ukrainian government forces for its report.
Concern about the treatment of prisoners comes as Ukrainian authorities face scrutiny this week for publicly displaying two men they say were Russian soldiers captured while fighting alongside separatists.
Amnesty is urging UN agencies and experts to visit detention sites in Ukraine to meet those being held by both sides. (AP)