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From left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko walk to their talks after after posing for a photo in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Leaders of Russia, Belarus, two other former Soviet republics as well as top EU officials are meeting in Minsk, Belarus, for a highly anticipated summit to discuss the crisis in Ukraine which has left more than 2,000 dead and displaced over 300,000 people. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)