Ukraine's Zelenskiy says spoke to Macron about meeting on Donbass conflict

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, and that Macron had supported Zelenskiy's initiative for a new round of four-way talks to bring peace to the eastern Donbas region.

Ukraine wants new discussions under the so-called "Normandy Format" involving France, Germany, Ukraine, and Russia. Zelenskiy earlier pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin for a resumption of the peace talks, after four Ukrainian soldiers were killed by shelling in the Donbas.