Germany proposes joint U.S., EU, Russia trip to Ukraine

BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States, the European Union and Russia should make a joint high-level trip to hotspots in Ukraine with local officials to signal political backing to the April 17 Geneva agreement, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says.

U.S. officials are growing increasingly impatient with what they describe as Russia's failure to live up to that agreement, which was an attempt to try to calm the crisis in Ukraine.