Conference between Putin, Merkel, and Poroshenko Merkel: Mr. Putin, what do you have to say about Russia's involvement in eastern Ukraine? Putin: Donetsk me! Poroshenko: Oh Kiev me a break, we know you guys are shelling our towns and killing our soldiers and civilians? Do I look like a Donbass? Putin: Blah, blah, blah, blah, Crimea river!