Ukrainian
forces pushed deeper into territory controlled by pro-Russian rebels on
Tuesday, fighting street battles in the besieged city of Luhansk and
pressuring the outer defenses of Donetsk in a further blow to the
separatists’ crumbling virtual state.
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While
continuing its offensive, the Ukrainian government said it saw a real
chance for a peaceful settlement after an announcement that President
Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would meet next Tuesday with his Ukrainian
counterpart, Petro O. Poroshenko, and European Union leaders in Minsk,
the capital of Belarus.
“I
come with positive news. I think we have a chance to switch to a real
road map towards a peaceful process,” Valery Chaly, the deputy head of
Ukraine’s presidential administration, said at a news conference in
Kiev.
Previous
efforts toward a settlement, which included a meeting of foreign
ministers last week in Berlin, have all failed, and even an agreement on
when and how a Russian aid convoy could enter Ukraine has proved
elusive.
The convoy of more than 260 trucks remained stuck on the
Russian side of the border, a week after it left Moscow. Ukrainian
officials expressed bewilderment over why many of the Russian trucks
appeared to be mostly empty if their only purpose was to deliver
humanitarian aid.
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