On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Minsk with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The two held talks ostensibly aimed at bringing an end to a war that, according to the UN, has now claimed at least 2,000 lives. It is hard to imagine that Mr. Putin can agree to an end to the conflict – since he is the aggressor, and for peace to break out, he would have to back down. Instead, he keeps upping the ante.
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