FILE PHOTO: A member of Ukrainian armed forces stands guard as residents walk through a check point located on the contact line between Donbass rebels and Ukrainian troops, in the Lugansk region, Ukraine, on October 9, 2016. © Reuters / Valentyn Ogirenko
Kiev’s reluctance to engage in direct dialogue with the people living in Ukraine’s eastern regions, collectively known as Donbass, is still the biggest obstacle to resolving the long-standing crisis, Vladimir Putin has said.
Putin was asked about crisis resolution in Ukraine and the future of the Normandy Four talks between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany. The president said that some progress has been made in resolving the crisis, but it is direct dialogue between the authorities in Kiev and the people of Ukraine living in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and
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