Russian and French leaders to discuss Ukraine crisis, Iran, Syria - Kremlin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet with his French counterpart Francois Hollande in Paris on Thursday to discuss the Ukrainian crisis, the situation in Syria and Russia's relations with the European Union and NATO.

"The international agenda for the Putin-Hollande meeting includes detailed discussions on the crisis in Ukraine, including [the need for] the Kyiv authorities to stop the "punitive" operation in the southeast of the country, and the May 25 elections of Ukraine's head of state. In this context, the sides will also address issues concerning Russia's relations with the EU and NATO," the Kremlin press service said, according to Interfax reports.

Ukraine Crisis Part 2 - Live Updates: 'Lugansk People's Republic's' health minister killed - militia

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The health minister of the "Lugansk People's Republic" was killed by a bomb allegedly dropped on the regional administration headquarters by a Ukrainian government warplane on Monday, a spokesman for the unilaterally proclaimed republic said.

"Our minister of health, Natalya Arkhipova, was killed because of the bombing of the building of the regional administration by the air force," the spokesman told Interfax. "Apparently, she was standing on the front door porch speaking to another woman during the air raid."

#UkraineCrisis Live Update: Video leak - Ukraine's Tymoshenko threatens not to leave from Russia 'even scorched earth'

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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that Ukrainians must take up arms against Russians so that not even scorched earth will be left where Russia stands in phone call with with the former Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, the representative of the Party of Regions, Nestor Shufrych. The tape was leaked online. In her microblog on Twitter Tymoshenko acknowledged that the telephone conversation took place indeed.

Record of a two-minute conversation appeared on the video sharing site YouTube, which was as well posted on the website of the TV channel RT.