Macron to discuss Ukraine with Putin, Merkel and Poroshenko

‘French President Emmanuel Macron plans to hold telephone conversations with the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, and Germany in his first push to help solve the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
The French presidential office said in a statement on Sunday that President Macron would make the phone calls on Monday.
The conversations with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would be held amid a flare-up in fighting between government troops and pro-Russia forces in Ukraine’s volatile east.
This would be Macron’s first attempt at contributing to a resolution of the Ukrainian conflict since he took office in May.
Over the past few days, an outbreak of violence in eastern Ukraine has claimed the lives of 11 Ukrainian forces, the bloodiest uptick in violence in recent months.’
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