February 5, 2015 (BBC News
Ukraine) French President Francois Hollande says he is heading to Ukraine with
German Chancellor Angela Merkel to present a new peace initiative. He said they
will put forward the new plan before meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin
in Moscow on Friday. US Secretary of State John Kerry also landed in Kiev for
talks on Thursday.
The diplomatic push to end
the conflict, which has killed more than 5,000 people since last April, comes
amid intensified fighting. "Ukraine is at war. Heavy weapons are being
used and civilians are being killed daily," Mr Hollande said at a news
conference on Thursday. He said the new peace proposal was based on the
"territorial integrity" of Ukraine, which could be "acceptable
to all". A spokesman for the Kremlin confirmed that President Putin would
meet with the two European leaders on Friday to discuss "the fastest
possible end to the civil war in south eastern Ukraine".
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