Merkel and French President Francois Hollande met with the Russian President in Moscow on Friday.
On Saturday, at the annual Munich Security Conference, she said it is uncertain whether their talks were successful, but it was worth trying. She defended borders in Europe as “inviolable.”
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Civilians increasingly are falling victim to the violence, with at least 224 killed and more than 540 injured in the final three weeks of January, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said this week.
CNN’s Brian Walker contributed to this report
