No military solution to Ukraine conflict - Germany's Steinmeier

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - The crisis in Ukraine does not and cannot have a military solution and the involved parties must avoid any steps that could led to a new escalation of the situation, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday.

"One thing is clear I think to all of us: there is no, and there cannot be, a military solution to the crisis in Ukraine," Steinmeier told reporters after meeting his counterparts from four central European countries in Bratislava.