US and EU Leaders Rally to End the Ukraine Crisis
Lesson Brief
Voice of America
The leaders of Germany and France, Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande, met with Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko this week to discuss diplomatic options to bring the ongoing crisis in Ukraine to an end. US Secretary of State John Kerry also has a visit to Ukraine planned this week and is planning similar discussions. While all still seek for a diplomatic end to the conflict, increased aggression by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine has many calling for the Western powers to provide weapons to the struggling Ukrainian army.