During a phone conversation on Tuesday 22 August, the heads of state and government of the Normandy-format countries (France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine) gave their support to a new ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine, according to a joint statement published that evening.
The new ceasefire, which begins on 25 August in the context of the new school year, was officially decided by the trilateral contact group on Wednesday 23 August.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine's President...