step up yes, tonya cramer reporting on this major breakthrough from the middle east. thanks very much. could there also be a glimmer of hope at this hour of ending the conflict in eastern ukraine? >> officials confirmed the presidents of russia and ukraine have met face-to-face since the end of june. >> the meeting in minsk came as ukraine said it captured 10 russian soldiers in the east, while shelling spread to a new front in the country's southeast. >> a few diplomatic niceties to start up the talks. it is the first attempt in months at rapprochement between russia and ukraine. >> the fate of europe and of the world is being decided today in belarus. we are prepared to exchange opinions on the crisis and ukraine, which i am sure cannot be solved by further military escalation alone. the territory of ukraine's southeast regions must be respected and there must be useful dialogue. >> the situation in the stream ukraine remains anything but peaceful. hundreds of rebel fighters have been reported killed in the last day alone. fighting has also hit the town of nova's os

we are joined by tonya cramer.what more can you tell us about the possible capture of an israeli soldier? has it been confirmed? and this must seriously complicate any diplomacy. >> it does certainly complicate the already complicated situation. we understand from our resources here that the stance is ongoing in the south of the gaza strip. the army going house by house to find this 23-year-old lieutenant who they believe was captured in this attack. hamas is actually backtracking on the earlier claimed to have captured a soldier, and both the political and military ring are denying that they have information on the captured soldier. they want to buy more time, or maybe another militant group has possibly captured the soldier. >> still a lot of clarification needed. what has been the reaction in israel about the rapid collapse of the cease-fire? >> i think most israelis were in the first place quite surprised about this humanitarian cease-fire. according to recent polls, people do not actually want to see a cease-f