Ukrainian crisis: all eyes turned to Minsk


The Minsk summit will take place today. The Kremlin has confirmed this morning the visit of President Putin in the Belarusian capital. There regain late afternoon his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko and the French President and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande, who promised to do everything possible to bring the various parties to a peace agreement for the Ukraine.


Before the summit, negotiations continued between representatives of Kiev and pro-Russian separatists. They have presented last night their conflict settlement proposals. "This proposal is based on complex political and military measures that can give us a chance to reach a solution, '' says

Vladislav Deinego, representing the self-proclaimed Republic of Luhansk.


Westerners are urging Russians and Ukrainians to agree, in the image of Barack Obama spoke by telephone with Vladimir Putin. According to a Russian diplomatic source, there is a 70% chance that agreement is reached in Minsk.






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