Germany to host fresh round of Ukraine peace talks
Foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France are to take part in a fresh round of peace talks in Berlin on the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
On Tuesday, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he had called the meeting, set for Wednesday, upon the request of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.
He added that the aim of the meetings was to stop “military confrontations from intensifying anymore and avoid further political escalation between Kiev and Moscow.”
"We're faced with a threatening situation again due to new fighting flaring up in eastern Ukraine in recent days," said Steinmeier.
Shelling in Donetsk
On Tuesday, six people were killed during government shelling in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
The two sides have intensified their fighting to capture Donetsk’s main airport. Militants still claim they control the facility which is almost in complete ruin due to continuous shelling by Kiev forces.
Back in September, the representatives of Ukraine, Russia, and self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics inked a ceasefire deal in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. The truce has been almost daily violated by both the Ukrainian military and pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine.
The two mainly Russian-speaking regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine have been the scene of deadly clashes between pro-Russia protesters and the Ukrainian army since Kiev’s military operation started in mid-April in a bid to crush the protests.
According to the latest figures released by the United Nations, around 5,000 people have been killed in the fighting.
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