Kiev (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden will meet Ukraine’s leaders Friday on the first anniversary of the protests that toppled the former pro-Kremlin regime, with Kiev hoping for an announcement on further US assistance.Almost 1,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a truce came into effect in September, an average of 13 people a day, the United Nations said Thursday, as the conflict in the east of the country drags on.Biden, who arrived in Kiev on Thursday, is the latest high-profile Western politician to visit in the hope of shoring up the bullet-riddled ceasefire.He is due to …read more
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