Merkel, Hollande, Putin hold talks in Moscow over Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany have begun talks on a new proposal for ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande brought a proposal to Moscow on Friday a day after discussing it with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev.

The contents of the proposal have not been revealed.

Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement the talks are taking place "eye to eye" between the three leaders without other members of their delegations.