KIEV: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko held talks on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) over a possible ceasefire in Ukraine, as two members of a Russian television crew were killed in the ex-Soviet state’s separatist east.

Poroshenko assured Putin that an investigation would be launched into the deaths, and vowed to take necessary measures to protect reporters covering the conflict, the Kremlin said in a statement following the talks.

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