POROSHENKO ANNOUNCES PUTIN MEETING IN NEW PEACE PUSH ---------------------------------------------------- Ukraines Western-backed leader Petro Poroshenko promised to meet Russias Vladimir Putin and involve US President in his stalled push for peace with pro-Kremlin fighters in the separatist east. The surprise announcement came days after the first direct peace talks with the rebels in three months broke down without any evident progress after just one acrimonious round. Poroshenko said his January 15 talks with Putin in the Kazakh capital will involve German Chancellor and French President. Last weeks meeting with insurgents in the capital Minsk was meant to bring into effect a September 5 ceasefire and political settlement plan that never took hold.
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