Ukraine president holds direct talks with Putin

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday a "roadmap" would be prepared to end fighting between troops and pro-Russian separatists in the east. He spoke after his first direct talks on the crisis with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They talked for two hours in Minsk, Belarus, during a summit of the Moscow-led Eurasian Customs Union. Putin remarked that Russia would assist a dialogue, but stopping the fighting was a matter for Ukraine itself.

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