Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, second left, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, centret, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, walk to hold 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.
Alexander Zemlianichenko Associated Press