Hollande had hoped for Russia-Ukraine meeting Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko embraced the spirit of D-Day anniversary ceremonies by announcing they would jointly seek a ceasefire in the conflict between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in southeastern Ukraine. The two leaders shook hands and talked for a quarter of an hour in a meeting brokered by French President Francois Hollande before a lunch of world leaders attending the D-Day events. SOUNDBITES