Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to meet with the leaders of Germany and France on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China next month to discuss Ukraine, the Kremlin announced on Wednesday.
Violence between Ukraine’s armed forces and the Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s east has escalated over the summer, prompting concern in Kiev that the conflict may escalate to levels unseen since its initial stages in 2014. The increase in hostilities also comes as tension flared in Ukraine’s south, after Russia announced they had foiled an apparent Ukrainian armed attack in the region of Crimea, which Russia …read more
Source: Newsweek
