On December 9, Paris is hosting the Normandy format leaders' summit. The meeting is attended by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French leader Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Around 21:00 local time (15:00 New York) ended ...

Negotiations of the “Normandy Four”, which includes the presidents of Russia, France, Ukraine - Vladimir Putin, Francois Hollande, Petro Poroshenko - and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ended in Paris. In total, the leaders of the four countries talked for five hours - three times...

  During a telephone conversation in the Normandy format between Petro Poroshenko, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the possibility of deploying peacekeepers in Donbass. This was reported by Poroshenko’s press service. “In the context of discussing ways for a peaceful settlement, President Putin agreed with...

The conversation turned out to be difficult and lasted all night; many sandwiches and coffee were brought into the room. “During the hours of negotiations, the participants fell asleep more than once, sometimes they even laid their heads on the table. There was a lot of alcohol in the room, but Angela Merkel didn’t even...

Some progress has been made in the four-way talks on Ukraine, and an agreement has been signed to create security zones between pro-Russian separatists and government forces. This was announced by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. “An agreement was reached today that the demarcation line mentioned in Minsk ...