Germany, France see progress in Ukraine peace talks


  • World
  • Saturday, 07 Nov 2015

BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to complete a withdrawal of heavy weaponry from their frontlines in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday after a round of peace talks in Berlin.

More than 8,000 people have been killed in fighting between Kiev's forces and the separatists in Ukraine's eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk since April 2014.

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