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Putin sits down for talks with Ukraine leader for first time

Major breakthrough at the summit is unlikely

09 December, 18:08
(ANSA-AP) - PARIS, 09 DEC - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy are meeting for the first time at a summit in Paris to find a way to end the five years of fighting in eastern Ukraine. Both of the leaders are sitting down in the French capital on Monday along with the leaders of France and Germany. The talks are focusing on the implementation of the 2015 peace agreement for eastern Ukraine that was brokered by France and Germany but has largely stalled. A major breakthrough at the summit is unlikely, and Ukrainian protesters in Kyiv are heaping pressure on Zelenskiy not to surrender too much to Putin at their first face-to-face meeting. Putin and Zelenskiy are facing each other across the table, flanked by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Putin and Zelenskiy are expected to hold a separate one-on-one meeting later. (ANSA-AP).

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