MINSK/KIEV — Peace talks on Ukraine collapsed on Saturday after just over four hours with no tangible progress towards a new ceasefire but with Ukraine's representative and separatist envoys angrily accusing each other of sabotaging the meeting.
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Reuters: Ukraine peace talks collapse again as both sides blame each other
Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (L) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) envoy, Swiss Heidi Tagliavini (R) leave the presidential residence in Minsk after talks aimed at ending the fighting in east Ukraine on January 31, 2015. Kiev's pro-Western leaders and mediators hoped to reach a \"binding\" truce with pro-Russian separatists Saturday despite Ukraine suffering one of its bloodiest days yet in the nine-month conflict with 15 troops killed. AFP PHOTO/MAXIM MALINOVSKY
