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Calls with the kremlin. they hadn't met face-to-face until today. it was not formal but once again one that appeared serious in tone and with a firm message from president obama. it was the first face-to-face meeting between presidents obama and putin since the start of the ukraine crisis. coming at d-day ceremonies commemorating a time when the u.s. and russia were allies. speaking for 15 minutes at a lunch for heads of state, president obama demanded that russia recognize the new ukrainian president and its support for pro-russian militants and stop the flow of arms across the russian border...

Between them and terrorists really and they're wreaking a campaign of violence across the east. and they're very well armed. another case today of a ukrainian military plane shot down it's believed by a shoulder-fired missile. there have been helicopters shot down. that is a very messy mix. the question now is does russia have the commitment to pull them back? but also the wherewithal. because once these guys have been unleashed, it's difficult to bring them back and that's a real challenge. >> i was a little encouraged that putin had a chance not only to meet with the president 15 minutes inf...

Talking, obama and putin were seated just six feet apart, though separated by two queens and the french president and it seems the weight of their disagreements. when the official television broadcast put the two leaders side-by-side, albeit on a split screen, the crowd cheered, though mr. putin looked less than thrilled. aside from his talk with mr. obama, he met with britain, france, germany, and the newly elected president of ukraine. susan rice told jim acosta that it was a consistent warning to back down or face new, broader economic sanctions. >> what the president has done over the cour...

>> this was democracy's beach. and our victory in that war decided not just a century but shaped the security and wellbeing of all posterity. >> reporter: tieing the struggle for freedom from one generation to the sacrifices of another. >> this generation, this 9/11 generation of service members, they, too, felt something. they answered some call. they said, i will go. >> reporter: during world war ii, america and the soviet union were allies, but on this day the u.s. and russian leaders went toe to toe as rivals. as president obama and vladimir putin met on the sidelines of this historic gath...

Times" called it two divorced parents at a child's graduation, but, you know, they do have -- they do need to communicate at least somewhat, especially since putin is communicating with all these european leaders. >> what was your read? >> you know, it's a step between a complete snub and a formal bilateral. so, particularly when you have events like this, as you saw in our piece, they were six feet it's difficult to not run into each other. it's the way they started the dialogue, for instance, with the iranians, with the iranian president at the u.n. general assembly, a handshake at the margi...