Here's another update from Milan:
The Ukrainian and Russia presidents have started a bilateral meeting behind closed doors in Milan.
The talks, held on the sidelines of a Europe-Asia summit, come after Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Putin met with French President Francois Hollande, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
After the talks, Poroshenko said "some progress" had been made on a dispute over gas supplies from Russia.
Russia has stopped gas deliveries to Ukraine and demands that Kyiv pays billions of dollars in arrears.
Hollande said a gas accord was "within reach," while Putin limited himself to saying the results of the discussions were "good."
Merkel earlier said there was "no breakthrough yet" on the Ukrainian crisis, amid continued fighting in the country's east between Kyiv and pro-Russian separatists.
The Kremlin accused Western officials of inflexibility in the "difficult" talks.
(AFP, TASS, Interfax)
Here's a Reuters video of German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussing talks in Milan on the Ukraine crisis involving Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko:
Here's an update from Milan courtesy of our news desk:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says "some progress" has been made during talks in Milan on a dispute over gas supplies from Russia.
Poroshenko was speaking today on the sidelines of a Europe-Asia summit, after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Russia has stopped gas deliveries to Ukraine and is demanding that Kyiv pay billions of dollars in arrears.
Poroshenko said the "basic parameters" of a new contract with Moscow were agreed while further discussion on how to finance it was required.
Asked how the talks had gone, Putin said they were "good," the Russian state news agency TASS reported.
Ahead of the latest round of talks on Ukraine, Merkel said there was "no breakthrough yet."
Deadly fighting persists in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists.
(AFP, TASS, Interfax)