Ukrainian president says he will propose peacekeepers on border with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he would discuss setting up a peacekeeping mission in separatist-held Donbass at a planned summit with leaders of Russia, Germany and France. He told journalists at a news conference that peacekeepers would be based on the border with Russia, which is currently controlled by pro-Russian rebels.

A breakthrough at talks in Minsk earlier this month opened the way to what would be the first international summit in three years on ending fighting in eastern Ukraine.

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