Little sign of progress seen as Obama, Putin speak about Ukraine

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

WASHINGTON -- Speaking for the first time in more than two weeks, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin showed little sign of agreement Monday, with the U.S. leader urging pro-Russian forces to de-escalate the situation in eastern Ukraine and Putin denying that Moscow was interfering in the region.

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