Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says he will meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week in Italy for talks on a peace plan for eastern Ukraine and an ongoing natural gas dispute.
Voice of America: Ukraine, Russian presidents to meet in bid to end crisis
Russia's President Vladimir Putin reacts during a meeting in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Aug. 26, 2014. Putin and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko are meeting in Minsk for key talks on Aug. 26, exchanged a firm handshake before going into what are likely to be difficult talks as fighting raged between pro-Russian rebels and Kyiv's troops.
