A Russian member of the Joint Center on Control and Coordination of issues related to the ceasefire regime and the stabilization of the situation walks amidst the debris of a house damaged by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, November 29, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia agreed on Wednesday to create demilitarised zones and implement other security measures in separatist-held areas of eastern Ukraine, but they remained at odds over how to move towards local elections.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters after talks in Berlin with the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine and France that it would be "a big step forward" if the measures were actually implemented and helped strengthen a fragile ceasefire.
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