Conference in Ukraine – Tuesday, Aug. 26

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (front), Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting with high-ranked officials representing Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the European Union in Minsk, Aug.26, 2

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko as Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev looks on prior to their talks in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 26, 2014.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, second left, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, second right, and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, right, to their talks after after posing for a phot

(From L) Russia's President Vladimir Putin, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko meet in the Belarussian capital Minsk, Aug. 26, 2014.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, right, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during their meeting in Minsk, Aug. 26, 2014.

Russian President Vladimir Putin waves as he gets into a car upon his arrival at an airport outside Minsk, Aug. 26, 2014.

Smoke rises after shelling in the town of Novoazovsk, eastern Ukraine, Aug. 26, 2014.

Relatives and friends say good-bye to volunteers before they were sent to the eastern part of Ukraine to join the ranks of a special battalion unit fighting against pro-Russian separatists, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 26, 2014.

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, left, gets traditional salt and bread upon arrival in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 26, 2014.

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, center, is given flowers upon her arrival in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 26, 2014.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, talks to Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, second right, in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 26, 2014.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko arrives in Minsk airport, Belarus, Aug. 26, 2014.