KIEV, Aug. 19 – The next two weeks will be crucial in resolving the crisis in the east of Ukraine, Ukraine's presidential administration said.

"It's important that this is a multilateral format. And we are grateful to the European party, the European Union for such support - it gives us the opportunity to bolster the position of Ukraine. Today talks and diplomatic decisions probably reduce the [number of] victims," Deputy Presidential Administration head Valeriy Chaly said at a briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.