Fresh peace talks fail for Ukrainian crisis

Political advisers to leaders of the "Normandy Four" countries held lengthy discussions in Berlin on Tuesday, but reached no agreement on issues concerning the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

"Regrettably, there is not much to boast of," said Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of the Russian president's administration who led the Russian delegation, after the talks.

He noted, however, the conversation was open and sides "exchanged views on all key matters" concerning implementation of the Minsk accords and the consensus reached at a group leaders' summit in Paris in December 2019.