Some journalists' takes on today's talks:
Reiteration from the U.S. ambassador in Kyiv:
Uff.
Via Interfax:
Six people were killed as a shell hit a minibus in Donetsk on Wednesday morning, Viktor Kuchkovyi, the health minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's republic (DPR), told journalists."
Five civilians were killed [on the spot], and nine others were taken to a trauma center. Four were hospitalized, and one of them died right away, as his condition could not be stabilized," Kuchkovyi said.
The militia headquarters had reported earlier in the day that a stationary bus and a metallurgyplant had come under fire in Donetsk on Wednesday morning.