Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy agree on measures to de-escalate the Ukraine conflict but fail to make a breakthrough on ending the five-year war
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend a joint news conference after a Normandy-format summit in Paris, France December 10, 2019.
The talks focused on reviving a largely stalled 2015 peace agreement intended to end fighting between Ukrainian troops and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. But there was little clarity on the key contentious issues — autonomy for the east and control of the border. In particular, it stipulates that the Ukrainian law should allow municipal authorities in the east to appoint judges and prosecutors in the region and form local police. It notes that the law should also provide for an amnesty for those who took part in the fighting. Those provisions were anathema to many in Ukraine.
Macron praised Zelenskiy's courage and determination, adding that he made "gestures" that allowed peace talks to be relaunched. While opinion surveys have shown overwhelming support for Zelenskiy’s peace efforts, a minority opposing them is highly-mobilised and energetic. Thousands rallied on Kyiv’s man square Sunday to warn him against making any concessions, and some set up a tent camp around his headquarters. Cries of “shame”!" and whistles of derision greeted announcements from the leaders' news conference in Paris.
But with progress stalled, the leaders haven’t met since 2016. Ukraine and Russia struck a prisoner exchange deal in September and agreed on a troop and heavy weapons pullback from two locations in eastern Ukraine. Russia has also released three Ukrainian navy ships that were seized a year ago.
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