Ukraine crisis: Putin to confer with leaders by phone

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to discuss a peace plan for east Ukraine with the German, French and Ukrainian leaders by phone.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are pushing a plan to end fighting between government and rebel forces.
Meeting Mr Putin in Moscow on Friday, they agreed to four-way talks with Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko on Sunday.
More than 5,000 people have been killed in the east since April.
Thousands more have been injured and more than a million have fled their homes.
Petro Poroshenko brandished passports that he said were those of Russian troops in Ukraine
Ukraine’s military reported continued shelling on Saturday, accusing the rebels of preparing new offensives, while the rebels accused the government itself of attacking along the line dividing their forces.
Mr Poroshenko has called on the West for support up to and including weapons.
He made the plea at a security conference in Munich on Saturday, when he brandished passports that he said were those of Russian troops in Ukraine.
Russia denies intervening directly in eastern Ukraine.
Source: BBC