MINSK - Russian President Vladimir Putin urged his Ukrainian counterpart on Aug. 26 not to escalate an offensive against pro-Moscow rebels, and threatened economic retaliation for signing a trade accord with the European Union.
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A handout picture released on August 26, 2014 by Ukrainian presidential press office shows Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (C) facing Russian president Vladimir Putin (R) and Russian Foreign Affairs minister Serguei Lavrov during a meeting in Minsk on August 26, 2014.
