Putin Meets Obama, Poroshenko Amid Talk of Cease-Fire
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Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct talks on ending the violence in eastern Ukraine, after the two countries’ leaders met during D-Day commemorations in France.
Petro Poroshenko, who’ll be sworn in as Ukraine’s president today after winning a May 25 election, said he’ll hold talks tomorrow on ending the violence in eastern Ukraine with an envoy from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Poroshenko said the talks will address a peace plan for eastern Ukraine, according to an e-mailed statement from his office.