People attend an anti-government rally at Independence Square in central Kiev, Ukraine, in this February 21, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/Files
Reuters: Gloom deepens over Ukraine peace deal before Paris meeting
For months, as progress in implementing the Minsk peace deal for eastern Ukraine stalled, its architects, Germany and France, held out hope that with time and carefully calibrated pressure on Kiev and Moscow, the agreement could be pushed back on track.
But since a joint visit by the German and French foreign ministers to Ukraine's capital last week, a gloomier view has taken hold: that political dysfunction in Kiev has all but doomed the chances of it delivering on its own commitments under the peace agreement.
Against that backdrop and a rise in ceasefire violations in the east, where Ukrainian government forces are faced off against pro-Russian rebels, ministers from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine meet in Paris on Thursday to discuss Minsk.
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Update: For Ukrainians, Minsk Agreements 'Poison' (VOA)
WNU Editor: This pessimism is justified .... the low-intensity war just keeps on going .... Ukraine: 3 Soldiers Killed in Explosion in the East (AP). And while the war continues, Ukraine's political and economic crisis is reaching the absurd .... Ukraine bans officials from criticizing government (Reuters).
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