Four nations agree on road map to revive Ukraine peace plan

The agreement included the withdrawal of troops in four additional areas in the conflicted Donbass region and an expansion of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a joint news conference with French President François Hollande early Thursday morning. The foreign ministers of the four countries are to discuss the road map in more detail in November, Merkel said.