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 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)
!!! BREAKING NEWS !!!
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says no practical results on resolving on a dispute over gas supplies from Russia were achieved at bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Milan.
However, Russian President Vladimir Putin said said Russia and Ukraine have agreed on the terms of gas supplies during the winter period. (FP, Interfax, TASS, Reuters)