Russia gov’t against implementation of free trade deal
European leaders held a meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday. REUTERS PHOTO/GLEB GARANICH
BY PAVEL POLITYUK
Reuters
KIEV, Ukraine – Top European Union officials met the Ukrainian leadership Monday for talks on deepening trade links and efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, but worsening violence in the separatist-minded east clouded the summit.
As Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk, Kiev’s military reported intensifying attacks by pro-Russian rebels in the east and south-east.
One serviceman from Ukraine’s government forces had been killed and three others wounded, a military spokesman said.
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