MOSCOW - The leaders of Russia, Germany and France agreed to meet next month to address the crisis in Ukraine, amid an uptick in fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces and debate in Europe over the future of sanctions on Moscow.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on the sidelines of a Group of 20 major economies summit in China in the first week in September, the Kremlin said on August 23. The leaders spoke by phone to discuss developments in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said. Fighting in the area has surged as Ukrainian forces battle pro-Russia separatists.
