Heavy fighting continued in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, just hours before leaders were expected to gather for a high-stakes summit to negotiate a cease-fire in the 10-month conflict between pro-Russia separatists and Kiev. Lower-level talks were scheduled to resume early Wednesday in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, the foreign ministry said, in an effort to hammer out the basics of a deal that could be finalized later in the day by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France if an agreement appeared close. “There are a number of problems which remain to be resolved…but it is very likely to go ahead,” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told France Inter radio early Wednesday, according to news agency reports, referring to the leaders’ summit. “It is really a […]