Ukraine leader calls in generals after failed peace talks
Kiev (AFP) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko convened his generals Tuesday to discuss the latest failed bid to negotiate an end to clashes with pro-Russian rebels that saw seven troops killed in another wave of attacks.
Poroshenko has found himself trapped between more militant Ukrainian nationalists and Western leaders who hope to see an end to 16 months of fighting in the European Union's backyard.
The pro-EU leader sent his personal envoy to the Belarussian capital Minsk on Monday to discuss a new weapons withdrawal agreement with rebel and Moscow negotiators.
But the European-mediated talks fell apart after more than six hours due to what one separatist said was Kiev's refusal to pull back its forces from four strategic sites.
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