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Ukraine peace talks due as EU hits Russia with more sanctions

Minsk (AFP) - A new round of peace talks between Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels was cancelled on Friday after government officials failed to show up, a rebel spokesman said.

"The foreign ministry of Belarus confirmed today that Kiev (representatives) won't come, the talks have been cancelled," separatist envoy Denis Pushilin told reporters in the Belarussian capital Minsk.

"We are leaving Minsk today."

A spokesman for the Belarussian foreign ministry, Dmitry Mironchik, told AFP the ministry had made no statement on the cancellation of the talks, however.

Kiev had insisted on speaking directly with the self-declared leaders of Ukraine's two rebel regions, in the presence of a Russian envoy and a representative from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

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Ukraine peace talks due as EU hits Russia with more sanctions