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Developments in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine crisis: Minsk peace talks

The negotiations in the Normandy format between four leaders in Minsk may become the turning point of intense multilateral efforts to find a solution to the Ukrainian crisis
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Jets of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande arriving in Minsk, Belarus
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French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arriving in Minsk
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande during a welcoming ceremony at an airport near Minsk, Belarus
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Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko arriving in Minsk to attend Ukraine peace talks
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Cars carrying members of the German delegation including Chancellor Angela Merkel driving to the Palace of Independence in Minsk
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arriving in Minsk, Belarus
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A view of the Palace of Independence in Minsk where a Normandy format meeting is held
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France's president Francois Hollande, Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel and Belarus' president Alexander Lukashenko
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Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko entering a hall in the Palace of Independence in Minsk
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin and Belarus' president Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting, at the Palace of Independence in Minsk
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shaking hands as French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel looking on during a meeting in Minsk, Belarus
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Russian President Vladimir Putin heading for talks in Minsk
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin walking together to continue their peace talks in Minsk
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German Chancellor and Ukrainian President
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Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, president Vladimir Putin, his aide Yuri Ushakov and Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov during Normandy format Ukraine peace talks at the Palace of Independence in Minsk
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Petro Poroshenko talking with Vladimir Putin
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Belarus' president Alexander Lukashenko, Russia's president Vladimir Putin, Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel, France's president Francois Hollande and Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko during Normandy format Ukraine peace talks at the Palace of Independence in Minsk
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin giving a press conference following Ukraine peace talks at the Palace of Independence in Minsk
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived to Belarus' capital Minsk to discuss a new peace plan for the conflict in Ukraine. The negotiations in the Normandy format between four leaders may become the turning point of intense multilateral efforts to find a solution to the Ukrainian crisis. Minsk peace talks - in photo gallery by TASS

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