Representatives of Ukraine, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s

Republic (DPR) and the Russian Federation have begun multilateral talks

at Donetsk Regional State Administration.

The talks involve Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov,

representative for the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation

in Europe) chairman-in-office Heidi Tagliavini, Ukraine’s second

president Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian Choice movement leader Viktor

Medvedchuk, Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed DPR Oleksandr Borodai,

South-East movement leader Oleh Tsariov and representatives of the

self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic.