Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and Europe are due to hold fresh peace talks in a bid to end the deadly surge in violence in the conflict-wracked eastern Ukraine. Tensions were running high ahead of Friday’s talks after the EU hit Moscow with more sanctions over its role in the fighting, something Russia steadfastly denies is the case. The talks in Belarus’s capital, Minsk, will bring together the contact group of representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Belarus foreign ministry said. A previous round of talks in the city lead to the …read more
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