Russian troops must leave Russia-occupied east Ukraine, among other conditions, before Kiev agrees to give the self-proclaimed “republics” there greater autonomy, Ukrainian negotiators said in Minsk on Wednesday at a meeting of a Contact Group on the conflict. The group, which includes Russia, is trying to pave the way for an EU-backed peace summit in the coming weeks. But both Ukraine and Russia are refusing to change previous positions. …read more
Source:: EUobserver
