UPDATE 1-Ukraine s Zelenskiy to Putin: Meet me for peace talks in conflict zone Reuters 6 days ago
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By Natalia Zinets and Matthias Williams
KYIV, April 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday challenged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to meet him in eastern Ukraine s Donbass region for talks on ending the conflict there and easing tensions between the two states.
Issuing the invitation in a video address in the late evening, Zelenskiy also urged Kyiv s Western backers to give clear signals that they were willing to support the country in its standoff with Russia.
Kyiv and Moscow have traded blame for rising clashes in the Donbass, where Ukrainian troops have battled Russian-backed forces in a conflict that Ukraine says has killed 14,000 people since 2014.
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