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BBC: Rival agendas at Ukraine talks - M.N.: Are they reconcilable? It looks next to impossible and a subject to extraordinary diplomatic-acrobatic skills and magician's talent for focus-pocus, testing all the limits of legendary European flexibility, especially in the light of continuing Russian intransigence, despite all the good will appeals. And then, what is next?

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World - Google News Ukraine conflict: Obama warns Putin ahead of peace talks - BBC News   3:42am World - Google News Ukraine conflict: Obama warns Putin ahead of peace talks - BBC News Today, February 11th 3:42am · world BBC News Ukraine conflict: Obama warns Putin ahead of peace talks BBC News US President Barack Obama has warned President Vladimir Putin that Russia will face greater costs if it continues its "aggressive actions" in Ukraine. Mr Obama urged his Russian counterpart to seize the opportunity of fresh talks to find a peaceful solution to ... Ukraine crisis: Minsk peace talks - live Telegraph.co.uk Joe Lieberman: America must answer Putin now New York Daily News DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Putin and the first lesson of history Daily Mail Al Jazeera America   - Bloomberg  - Los Angeles Times all  7,990  news articles »   "All the Europeans seem to agree that Russia’s seizur
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Ukraine peace summit overshadowed by some of war's worst fighting | "The mood in the west is gloomy despite the most intensive bout of diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis in a year, amid expectations that securing a deal that might stem the worsening bloodshed will entail making concessions to Putin." - Leaders due in Minsk for Ukraine peace talks as heavy fighting continues - The Guardian

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Network Front | The Guardian Leaders due in Minsk for Ukraine peace talks as heavy fighting continues   Agencies in Donetsk 3:52am Network Front | The Guardian Leaders due in Minsk for Ukraine peace talks as heavy fighting continues Today, February 11th 3:52am ·   Agencies in Donetsk · ukraine world news russia vladimir putin germany france angela merkel Leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and  Germany  are due to hold last-ditch peace talks on Minsk aimed at trying to smooth the way for a summit deal leading to the demilitarisation of eastern Ukraine. The leaders of the four countries are expected to meet in the Belarusian capital in an attempt to secure a ceasefire in the region, where intense fighting has taken place ahead of the talks. The summit is the climax of a frantic diplomatic push by the German chancellor,  Angela Merkel , and the French president, François Hollande, to prevent the crisis from escalating furt
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