Nine months have passed since the last summit in the Normandy Four (N4) format in Paris, when the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France resumed peace negotiations regarding Ukraine’s war-torn Donbas region, where Russia occupies substantial parts of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Ukrainska Pravda: Ukraine-Russia peace talks are in a stalemate
This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian presidential press service on April 16, 2020, shows Ukrainian soldiers standing guard at the Mayorske checkpoint in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.