Russia-Ukraine: tentative progress at first talks for three years
(The Guardian Russia)

No breakthrough at meeting with Ukraine´s Zelenskiy but Putin agrees there has been `thaw´ in relationsFace-to-face talks between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have yielded modest progress, with tentative agreements on prisoner exchanges and a total ceasefire, but no political breakthrough to the five-year old conflict in south-east Ukraine.Monday´s talks were the first meeting between Russia´s Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine, who was elected in a landslide victory in April and made ending the war one of his campaign promises. Continue reading...