Kremlin says it is weighing response to ‘thousands’ of pleas for help from Ukraine
previously calm southern port of Odessa led to a fire that police said killed at least 30 people.
MOSCOW — The Kremlin is receiving “thousands” of calls for assistance from Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine, and it has not yet decided on a response, a spokesman said Saturday, as Ukrainian authorities continued to move to push back separatists who have taken over key cities in the region after Ukraine suffered its bloodiest day in nearly three months.