article_snippet: Meanwhile, EU leaders will hold a summit with President Poroshenko in Kiev about the status of the Minsk ceasefire agreement.
article_snippet: Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebiynis said: 'Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebiynis expect that the EU-Ukraine summit will take place on April 27.'
article_snippet: European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk are expected to attend, as well as EU heads of state and government who wish to go, EU officials added.
article_snippet: Trade issues will likely also be on the agenda, EU officials said.
article_snippet: the EU-Ukraine summit will be a chance for Poroshenko, who attended an EU summit in Brussels in February, to brief leaders on whether the Ukraine ceasefire deal is fully working and to shape EUEU's decision on whether to extend or lift sanctions on Russia.
article_snippet: EU leaders agreed last week that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending EU leaders to the end of the year if need be.
article_snippet: But EU leaders will still have to take a formal decision later on whether to extend economic sanctions on Russia expiring in July.
article_snippet: EU leaders will meet President Poroshenko, pictured, in a summit in Kiev next month to discuss the crisis .