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A tense summit in Minsk between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France dragged on through the night and into the morning of February 12 as they wrangled over a plan to end 10 months of fighting in eastern Ukraine.
The meeting in the Belarusian capital is being attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Francois Hollande.
By 0800 local time (0600 Prague time) the talks held at the opulent presidential palace in Minsk had gone beyond the 12-hour mark.
Reuters quoted an unnamed diplomatic source as saying the four leaders will sign a document on solving the conflict. The source would not provide details of the nature of the document.
A deal close?
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told journalists during a break at peace talks in Minsk that there is "no good news" so far and that the Russian position in the talks is unacceptable.
Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Francois Hollande have spent some 14 hours discussing ways to resolve deadly fighting in eastern Ukraine.
(RIA, Reuters, Interfax)