New round of peace talks on Ukraine set for Wednesday - Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his counterpart from Venezuela Nicolas Maduro at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, January 15, 2015. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool

BERLIN (Reuters) - A new round of peace talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine will be held in Berlin on Wednesday evening with the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France taking part, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said.

"We're faced with a threatening situation again due to new fighting flaring up in eastern Ukraine in recent days," he said in a statement on Tuesday.