Ukrainian president says he will propose peacekeepers on border with Russia

• Peacekeepers would be based on the border with Russia, says Ukrainian President.

KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he would discuss setting up a peacekeeping mission in separatist-held Donbass at a planned summit with leaders of Russia, Germany and France.

He told journalists at a news conference that peacekeepers would be based on the border with Russia, which is currently controlled by pro-Russian rebels.

A breakthrough at talks in Minsk earlier this month opened the way to what would be the first international summit in three years on ending fighting in eastern Ukraine.