The leaders of France and Germany are to press Ukraine's president to agree to a new truce in eastern Ukraine when they speak by phone on July 9. President Francois Hollande of France announced the planned talks with Germany's Chancellor Merkel and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko.
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BBC: EU leaders to push for new truce in Ukraine
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko visits the headquarters of anti-terrorist operation near Izyum, Kharkiv Oblast, and finalizes the plan of the military offensive actions of the Ukraine's army on July 8.
