Petro O. Poroshenko

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko react while posing for a group photo during peace talks that started in Minsk on August 26, 2014.

As peace talks start, Ukraine and Russia are still pressing for battlefield advantage

Conflict

The presidents of Russia and Ukraine sat down for peace talks on Tuesday, even as their respective armies continued to fight along the Russian-Ukrainian border. Ukraine believes that it’s close to military victory over pro-Russian separatists, but an influx of Russian soldiers may change that.