Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky are meeting in Paris for their first face-to-face talks on a conflict in which more than 13,000 have died

The United States is committed to working with its Allies and partners to keep pressure on Russia to live up to its commitments and to begin the process of peacefully restoring Ukraine's full sovereignty over Donbas

Without action on the part of Ukrainian diplomats, the Normandy format will not work

It was reported after the killing of Oleksandr Zakharchenko, the head of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, on August, 31.

Foreign policy objectives and challenges for 2016