Minsk (AFP) – Leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were due to hold last-ditch peace talks Wednesday aimed at halting 10 months of conflict in east Ukraine that has claimed over 5,400 lives.The crunch summit is the climax of a frantic diplomatic push by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande to prevent the worst East-West crisis since the end of the Cold War from escalating.For the first time since October, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will come face-to-face with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin — who Kiev and its Western allies accuse of masterminding the pro-Russian rebellion — …read more
Source: Dunya TV
