BRUSSELS: World leaders urged Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to stop destabilising Ukraine or face further sanctions as they met without the Russian president for the first time since the 1990s.

Putin reached out a hand despite being banned from the Group of Seven summit following Russia's annexation of Crimea in March, saying that he was ready to meet Ukraine's president-elect.

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