Ukraine drawing up roadmap to implement peace deal for Donbass

Ukraine is preparing a roadmap with clear deadlines in order to implement a peace deal for eastern Ukraine, President Zelenskiy told reporters on Thursday. Ukraine has been fighting Russian-backed forces in the eastern Donbass region for five years in a conflict that has killed more than 13,000 people. Zelenskiy hoped that the new roadmap would be discussed at a meeting in the so-called "Normandy" format between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France in September.