SOCHI, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Feb. 8 he planned to meet the leaders of Germany, France and Ukraine in Minsk on Feb. 11 if the sides moved closer to an agreement on implementing an unraveling 2014 peace deal for east Ukraine.
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Reuters: Putin says leaders to meet in Minsk if sides move closer to agreement
Media wait on Jan. 31, 2015 outside the presidential residence in Minsk during talks aimed at ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine.