Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine are expected to meet in Paris to discuss a path towards peace in the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine. It will be the first direct meeting between the two leaders.
Since the war began, 13,000 people have died as a direct result of the fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian-sponsored “separatists.”
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are sponsoring the meeting.
Produced by Kathryn Fink.
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Simon Ostrovsky, Ukraine correspondent, PBS NewsHour, grantee at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting; @SimonOstrovsky
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