Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s prime minister on Tuesday called for fresh talks with Russia on “neutral territory” as deadly fighting rumbled on in the country’s east.”We invite the Russian Federation to hold serious negotiations on a neutral territory. The US and EU are helping us with this,” Arseniy Yatsenyuk was quoted as saying by the Interfax Ukraine news agency.The call came as Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier visited Ukraine ahead of a crucial meeting later Tuesday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Speaking in Kiev, Steinmeier urged both Ukraine and Russia to fulfil a failing September peace plan that has …read more
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