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Mr Cameron said: “It’s absolutely clear that Russian Federation is not discriminating between Isil and the legitimate Syrian opposition groups and, as a result, they are actually backing the butcher Assad and helping him and really making the situation worse”.

Hollande said this meeting “is being held in a different format” from the previous one, referring to the ceasefire in Donbas.

However, it’s “certain” that elections would take more time to be organized, Hollande said, adding “we don’t want elections to get held in eastern Ukrainian territories under conditions that would not respect Minsk”.

A Kiev court has extended the detention of two Russian servicemen captured in eastern Ukraine in May, ruling that they will remain in jail for at least two more months. The deal supplements a broad agreement signed in February aimed at ending the conflict between the...

“Ukraine needs solidarity and assistance, which is a powerful instrument against aggression and injustice”, he said.

While Syria is the key talking point at this year’s gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York, efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine continue.

Former President Bill Clinton, left, listens as Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative, Sunday, September 27, 2015 in New York.

That is partly because the drop in oil prices has pulled down the cost of gas, since the two are linked in the supply contract between Ukraine’s OAO Naftogaz and Russia’s OAO Gazprom.

The European Commission’s vice president for energy, Maros Sefcovic, called the deal a “major achievement” and a “crucial step” to ensure Ukraine has gas supplies from October through March and that Europe receives “reliable” onward deliveries.

Five hours of high-level talks in Brussels between Russian Federation, Ukraine and the European Commission had yet to deliver a firm deal on winter gas supplies, an EU source said on condition of anonymity. Also, the parties discussed the possibility of extra lending to...

The decree contains a list compiled by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council of 388 individuals and 105 legal entities deemed to pose a “real or potential threat to Ukraine’s national interests, national security, sovereignty, and territorial...

The list includes a number of journalists, including three BBC employees based in Moscow and reporters for Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper and several Spanish outlets, as well as some Israeli correspondents.

The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores a decree signed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the organization has announced.