乌克兰冲突双方周六和谈未获进展 Peace Talks Between Ukraine and Pro-Russia Separatists Went Nowhere Saturday

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乌克兰政府和亲俄罗斯分离分子的和平会谈星期六没有取得任何成果,乌克兰东部的冲突继续发生,双方武装人员以及平民仍有伤亡。

在明斯克举行的和谈进行了几小时后休会。俄罗斯、乌克兰和欧安会的三方联合声明说,前来参加和谈的反政府武装控制区代表拒绝讨论落实停火协议和撤走重武器的问题,而表示希望重新审议作为停止敌对基础的明斯克协议。

双方去年9月达成的停火协议不断被打破,上星期完全破裂。亲俄罗斯武装宣布开展扩大其控制区的新一轮攻势。

反政府武装控制的顿涅茨克警察总监说,战略交通枢纽德巴尔切夫镇星期六受到的炮击中有12名平民丧生。德巴尔切夫位于顿涅茨克东北方向,是与反政府武装控制的另一个重要城镇卢甘斯克连接的重要环节。

乌克兰政府仍然基本控制着德巴尔切夫的铁路和公路要道,但是那里被切断水源、供电和汽油已经数天。

乌克兰国防部长说,政府军与亲俄罗斯武装作战一天以来,有15名军人丧生。

俄罗斯去年并吞克里米亚半岛,冲突4月份爆发以来,已经有5100多人丧生。面对冲突最近升级,乌克兰总统波罗申科呼吁举行新一轮和平谈判。

Peace talks between Ukraine and pro-Russia separatists went nowhere Saturday, as fighting raged in the country's east, killing both soldiers and civilians.

The talks in Minsk were adjourned after several hours. A statement from the Trilateral Contact Group said that the representatives from the rebel-held areas of Ukraine did not come to the talks prepared to discuss implementation of a cease-fire and withdrawal of heavy weapons. Instead, the group said the rebels wanted to revisit the Minsk Protocol that laid the groundwork for a cessation of hostilities.

The cease-fire the sides agreed to in September has been repeatedly violated and collapsed completely last week when rebels announced the start of a new offensive designed to expand their territory.

Shelling in the strategic transport hub of Debaltseve killed 12 civilians Saturday, according to the police chief of the rebel-held Donetsk region. Debaltseve is located northeast of the city of Donetsk, connecting it with Luhansk, another major rebel stronghold.

The government still retains primary control of the vital rail and road junction, which has been without water, power and gas for days.

In addition to the civilian deaths, Ukraine's defense minister, Stepan Poltorak, announced the deaths of 15 soldiers across the east in the past day of fighting with Russia-backed separatists.