German and French leaders to meet Russian president in Moscow as US continues talks in Kiev over potentially arming rebelsAngela Merkel and François Hollande are to meet Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible peace plan for Ukraine, as fears rise that failure to secure a breakthrough could trigger an escalation in a conflict that has already cost more than 5,000 lives.Speaking in Kiev on Thursday, the US secretary of state, John Kerry, said that Washington was weighing up whether to supply arms to the Ukrainian government, while the French president warned that time was running out for diplomacy. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
