LIVE: Poroshenko and Merkel give joint press conference

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is expected to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, February 1. Both leaders are expected to speak on the implementation of the Minsk agreement to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine before foreign ministers from France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia meet in early February. Since the beginning of the conflict in April 2014, more than 9,000 people have been killed in fighting between Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russian separatists. Video on De