Ukraine talks in Minsk

epa04385926 Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (L-R), prime minister of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ Alexander Zakharchenko, OSCE special envoy Swiss Heidi Tagliavini, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov
and defense minister leader of self-proclaimed ‘ Luhansk People’s Republic’ Igor Plotnitsky make an official statement after their talks in Minsk, Belarus, 05 September 2014. The Ukrainian government and separatists signed a ceasefire agreement raising hopes for an end to months of fighting in the country’s east. The deal was signed by former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, who represented the government in Kiev, and rebel leaders Igor Plotnitsky and Alexander Zakharchenko, during two hours of negotiations in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. EPA/VITALY ZALESSKY