Ukraine Peace Talks Progress as Evacuation Route Set Up
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Russian, German and Polish officials met in St. Petersburg to advance Ukraine peace talks after President Petro Poroshenko called for an evacuation corridor so civilians can flee fighting in the country’s battle-torn east.
A day after Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said peace talks with Russia were yielding progress, Poroshenko ordered Ukrainian regions to accept refugees from areas where government forces are combating separatists who want to join Russia. Ukrainian troops repelled attacks on airfields in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, killing 43 rebels, according to counter-terror operation spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov.