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The German and French foreign ministers made their first visit to Ukraine's war-torn east on Sept. 15, saying they wanted to push a new bid for peace after a recent surge in violence.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault visited the Donetsk region and viewed a bridge destroyed in fighting between separatist and government forces in the city of Slavyansk.

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