Four topics were on the agenda, with the demilitarization of Shyrokyne and the extension of a buffer zone along other parts of the front line, Ukraine Today reports.
Plans to create a buffer zone east of Mariupol have angered a number of local residents amid fears that Russian-backed militant units would launch a fresh offensive along the coastline, if Ukrainian forces were to give up the Azov Sea littoral village of Shyrokyne.
As the talks seem to be in stalemate, joint Russian-separatist forces continue attacking Ukrainian positions in Donbas.
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