Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he doesn’t expect any progress toward establishing peace in eastern Ukraine until after Ukrainian elections, which he said he hopes will produce a new president next year.
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In this photograph Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (L) walks past Russian President Vladimir Putin during an international D-Day commemoration ceremony on the beach of Ouistreham, Normandy, on June 6, 2014, marking the 70th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy.
