The leaders of France and Germany flew to Moscow on Feb. 6 in a last-ditch effort to negotiate a peace deal forUkraine, but expectations of a breakthrough were low after gains on the battlefield by pro-Russian rebels.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: German, French leaders in Kremlin for tense Ukraine talks
French President Francois Hollande leaves his airplane upon his arrival at the Vnukovo II Government airport outside Moscow on February 6, 2015. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Hollande head to Moscow on Friday to present a new peace plan to Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end separatist violence in eastern Ukraine.
