Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart will meet next week for the first time in two months, officials in both countries said, intensifying a diplomatic push that could force Kyiv to choose between continuing its military campaign against pro-Russia separatists or making concessions to Moscow to stop the bloodshed.
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People stand inside a makeshift bomb shelter in the town of Makiyivka on Aug. 19, 2014.
