RUSSIA - Russia is ready to resume three-way talks with Ukraine and the United States, but on the security parameters of a final peace deal and not...

a "short" ceasefire, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. "The goal of these discussions will be to address the issue of ensuring security for both Ukraine and Russia... within the framework of a final agreement, not after some kind of short pause in fighting", Putin told a reporter from state TV. (Bssnews)