As Diplomats Talk, Ukraine and Russia May Be Reaching a Boiling Point

iStock/Thinktsock(BERLIN) — The situation in Ukraine is becoming less certain as foreign ministers met in Berlin Sunday to try and resolve the ongoing crisis between Kiev and Moscow.

While diplomats from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany talked, there were reports of Ukrainian soldiers pushing further into rebel-controlled cities in the east while a government plane was shot down by separatists over the embattled Luhansk region.

Late last week, Ukraine’s military also boasted of destroying part of a Russian convoy of trucks that crossed over the border to presumably bring weapons to pro-Moscow insurgents.

Russia keeps insisting that it is not arming the insurgency, even as one rebel leader claimed their ally had provided hundreds of fighters to assist in efforts to break away from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation.

Meanwhile, the U.S. and NATO is concerned that tens of thousands of Russian soldiers amassed near the border with Ukraine are poised to invade at any time, although Moscow may only be using them as an intimidation tactic.

Another problem is a convoy of Russian aid meant for people in besieged eastern cities has not entered Ukraine despite being given the green light by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Although Ukraine and Russia have agreed on procedures to check the trucks, there are no guarantees they won’t be attacked or hijacked by rebel forces.

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