An end to the ten month conflict in Ukraine was the dominant theme at the second day of the Munich Security Conference.<br /><br /> Reports of intensified shelling by separatists on all front lines in the east of the country added impetus to the discussions.<br /><br /> A military solution, supporting Kyiv with defensive aid and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stance were constants in the debates.<br /><br /> “We will continue to provide Ukraine with security assistance, not to encourage war, but to allow Ukraine to defend itself. Let me be clear, we do not believe there is a military solution in Ukraine. But President Putin has to make a simple stark choice. Get out of Ukraine or face continued isolation and growing economic cost at home,” Joe Biden, US Vice President told delegates.<br /><br /> Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko took questions from the floor. He ruled out accepting any change to territorial lines enshrined in the Minsk agreement. <br />It, he stressed was the only way forward.<br /><br /> “We need to have an election,
