Merkel, Hollande, Putin, and Poroshenko to Meet in Minsk
Lesson Brief
BBC Russian Service
French President Hollande and German Chancellor Merkel were in Kiev on Thursday and Moscow on Friday in hopes of brokering a last-ditch peace deal. After telephone negotiations with both Putin and Poroshenko, the four have agreed to meet in Minsk on Wednesday in attempts to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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- to roll
- катиться, покатиться
- to start, to begin, to get under way
- трогаться, тронуться
- tyrant, despot
- тиран
- representative, spokesperson
- представитель
- to be disclosed, to be divulged
- разглашаться
- efforts
- усилия
- irritation, annoyance
- раздражение
- shell (weaponry)
- снаряд
- to volunteer, to offer
- вызываться, вызваться
- unconditional, absolute
- безусловный