Putin Meets Ukraine Leader for First Time at Paris Peace Summit

Putin Meets Ukraine Leader for First Time at Paris Peace Summit
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 Dec. 9, 2019. Charles Platiau/Pool?/Reuters
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PARIS—Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time on Dec. 9 at a summit in Paris aimed to advance efforts to restore peace to eastern Ukraine.

Zelensky and Putin are holding talks together with the leaders of France and Germany in a renewed effort to end a conflict that has killed more than 13,000 people since 2014.