Minsk (AFP) – Peace talks aimed at halting rising bloodshed in eastern Ukraine ended in failure Saturday, with Kievs envoy saying pro-Russian separatists wrecked a deal by refusing to discuss an immediate ceasefire.The delayed talks in Minsk were thwarted after top rebel leaders stayed away and their negotiators also refused to discuss withdrawing heavy weapons, former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma told Interfax Ukraine news agency.Kuchma also accused the insurgents representatives of putting forward ultimatums at the four-hour talks in the Belarussian capital without giving any more details.The negotiator for the rebel Donetsk Peoples Republic, Denis Pushilin, however, blamed Kiev for …read more
Source: Dunya TV
