MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday received German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Peskov did not go into details.

Earlier Tuesday, Steinmeier held talks in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, which in particular focused on the Ukrainian crisis.

Also today, Steinmeier visited Kiev, where he was received by Ukrainian leader Pyotr Poroshenko. They discussed the possibility to solve the Ukrainian crisis with participation of Poland and France, the Ukrainian presidential press service said in a statement.