Ukraine's President to meet Russian, French, German leaders, rules out offensive

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses the session of the Polish parliament in Warsaw, December 17, 2014. REUTERS/Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Gazeta

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President said on Monday he would meet the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on Jan. 15 in an attempt to restore peace to Kiev's eastern territories and acknowledged Kiev lacked the resources to regain control by military means.

He said he had spoken with U.S. President Barack Obama about the possibility of him joining talks on the territories where pro-Russian separatists launched a rebellion in April.