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Ukraine Conflict: Russia To Submit U.N. Draft Resolution Calling For End To Violence

Russia To Submit U.N. Resolution Calling For End To Ukraine Violence
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a reception honoring the victory of the national ice hockey team at the Ice Hockey World Championship, in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Russia won this weekend the world ice hockey title, beating Finland 5-2 in the gold medal match watched by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Minsk, Belarus. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool)

MOSCOW, June 2 (Reuters) - Russia will submit a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Monday calling for an immediate end to violence in Ukraine and the creation of humanitarian corridors in the east of the country, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Lavrov told a news conference that Western nations had assured Russia the situation in Ukraine would improve after a May 25 presidential election but that "everything is happening in exactly the opposite way".

(Writing by Steve Gutterman, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

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Residents gather to speak to Ukrainian soldiers at a checkpoint which they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers communicate with a local resident at a checkpoint they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A resident holding a religious icon stands next to Ukrainian soldiers at a checkpoint in the village of Andreevka, May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian military helicopter lands at a checkpoint which troops seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers take position at a checkpoint they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers wait on the road as pro-Russia separatists block the Kramators to Slavyansk road to prevent them from advancing on May 2, 2014. (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A masked Ukrainian soldier takes position at a checkpoint which troops seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A resident offers flowers to Ukrainian soldiers at a checkpoint they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers take position at a checkpoint they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An Ukrainian soldier speaks with pro-Russia separatists blocking the Kramators to Slavyansk road to prevent the Ukrainian national guard troops from advancing on May 2, 2014. (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier stands guard near a checkpoint which troops seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, on May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pro-Russia separatists shelter from the rain as they block the Kramators to Slavyansk road on May 2, 2014. (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers wait on the road as pro-Russia separatists block the Kramators to Slavyansk road to prevent them from advancing on May 2, 2014. (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers wait on the road as pro-Russia separatists block the Kramators to Slavyansk road to prevent them from advancing on May 2, 2014. (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pro-Russia separatists block the Kramators to Slavyansk road on May 2, 2014. (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Religious icons are placed on bricks as residents gather near a checkpoint which Ukrainian troops seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, May 2, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ukrainian National Guard troops wait as pro-Russia supporters block the Kramators-Slavyansk road on May 2, 2014. (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pro-Russia supporters block the Kramators-Slavyansk road to prevent Ukrainian National Guard troops from avancing on May 2, 2014. (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pro-Russian militants hit leaving policemen as a crowd of some 300 of them stormed the prosecutor's office in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 1, 2014. (Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Police officers take cover under their shields as pro-Russian activists storm the prosecutors office on May 1, 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers stand near a tank at a checkpoint near the south eastern Ukrainain city of Slavyansk on May 1, 2014. (VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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