France’s Hollande Seeks New Four-Way Meeting on Ukraine

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister refused to provide details about the appellation to the UN Tribunal; however, as it has already been reported earlier, yet in July Ukraine protested against Russia’s sea exploration activities near the peninsula alleging they violated its exclusive economic zone.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Germany’s Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Holland will meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China to discuss Ukraine. The statement added that the leaders spoke by phone to. Hollande also expressed concern with the increase in ceasefire violations registered by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) over recent weeks.

“Hollande stressed that the risk of escalation would jeopardize the peace process…” However, Ukraine’s United Nations envoy said that there had recently been a military build-up of Russian army on the country’s Eastern border, which could reflect “very bad intentions”.

Russian Federation absorbed Crimea in 2014 after protesters overthrew Kiev’s pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych.

On Aug. 10 Russia’s federal security service FSB said it had detained a group of saboteurs in Crimea and prevented a series of terrorist attacks plotted by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s intelligence department.

Meanwhile as fighting increased in the east, Ukraine’s President Poroshenko warned of a possible “full-scale” Russian invasion.

The leaders of Russia, Germany and France have agreed to meet to discuss the situation in Ukraine on September 4-5 in China on the sidelines of the G20 summit, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. The Russian government has faced sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, and Mr. Putin has seen personal ostracism: The Russian leader left early from a G-20 meeting in Australia in November 2014, after facing stiff criticism from other world leaders over Moscow’s role in the crisis.