Rapprochement between Russia, Ukraine inevitable - Putin

MOSCOW. July 9 (Interfax) - Building good and allied relationships between Russia and Ukraine is inevitable, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"I believe that this is inevitable. In any case, building normal and friendly, I would say even more than friendly and allied relations is inevitable. After all, we will eventually reach a state I spoke of. The rapprochement is unavoidable," Putin said in Oliver Stone's film "Revealing Ukraine".

Putin's words in an interview in a film, which was shown at the film festival in Italy's Taormina, were published on the NTV TV channel's website.