EU welcomes Ukraine talks, urges concrete progress December 10, 2019 at 09:24PM

Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukranian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky agreed some measures to de-escalate the five-year war but announced no major breakthrough. The EU, which approved sanctions against Russia for supporting pro-Kremlin separatists in eastern Ukraine, reiterated its position that the so-called Minsk accords must be fully implemented to achieve lasting peace.