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A Path to Peace in Ukraine: Simon Ostrovsky on '1A'

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a news conference during the Ukraine-EU Summit in Kiev on July 8, 2019. Image by Sergei Chuzavkov / Shutterstock. Ukraine, 2019.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a news conference during the Ukraine-EU Summit in Kiev on July 8, 2019. Image by Sergei Chuzavkov / Shutterstock. Ukraine, 2019.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are expected to meet in Paris to discuss a path towards peace in the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine. It will be the first direct meeting between the two leaders.

Since the war began, 13,000 people have died as a direct result of the fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian-sponsored “separatists.”

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are sponsoring the meeting.

Produced by Kathryn Fink.