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Newsweek: Vladimir Putin backtracks on Ukraine despite G20 charm offensive

By Newsweek.

Published Sept. 5, 2016 at 9:52 pm

(L to R) French President Francois Hollande, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for the opening ceremony of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou on September 4, 2016.

Photo by AFP

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sept. 5 that he will likely "have to meet" again with Ukraine's president for peace talks, despite pulling out of "senseless" negotiations last month.

Putin said he and the leaders of France and Germany – Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel -discussed Ukraine over the weekend, when he was urged to return to negotiations with the Ukraine government, brokered by them.