Ukraine, Russia to 'work on' extending ceasefire: France

The Russian and Ukrainian presidents agreed in a phone conversation today to work on extending a ceasefire between Kiev and pro-Kremlin militias, the French presidency said.
In a four-way teleconference that also included the French and German leaders, Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko agreed to work on "the adoption of an agreement on a bilateral ceasefire between Ukrainian authorities and separatists," the presidency said, before a deadline for the current truce runs out later today with no end to weeks of fighting in sight.