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Putin to join Paris negotiations on conflict in Ukraine


MOSCOW — The presidents of Russia and Ukraine will meet in Paris next month for long-anticipated talks that could change the contours of the 5-year-old conflict in eastern Ukraine whose repercussions have spread worldwide.
The talks, scheduled for Dec. 9, will be the first between President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, the comedian who won the presidency in April on a pledge to end the fighting with Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, and the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin.
At the meeting, officials say, the leaders will aim to make progress in carrying out the terms of a peace deal that was reached four …read more

Source:: San Francisco Chronicle

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