Rebels say new Ukraine peace talks to take place on Wednesday


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  • Wednesday, 24 Dec 2014

The remains of ammunition is seen in front of a house damaged during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces near Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport, eastern Ukraine, December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A meeting of a so-called contact group aimed at ending violence in eastern Ukraine is planned for Wednesday, Russian state television quoted Denis Pushilin, vice speaker of the separatists' "People's Council" leadership body, as saying.

The meeting was planned for 3 p.m. Moscow time (1200 BST) in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, Rossiya-24 TV channel said.

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