Putin orders troop withdrawal / Putin-Poroshenko to discuss gas and ceasefire at Italy talks

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Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to withdraw from the region bordering Ukraine on the 11 October 2014, conceding to one of Ukraine's and the West's key demands.

Some commentators thought this was nothing but a tactical move ahead of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Milan on the 16-17 October 2014 at which President Putin and Ukrainian President Poroshenko were expected to meet. The meeting, which happened in the sidelines of the ASEM meeting, was described as 'positive but hard'.

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