Arseny Yatseniuk: Ukraine rules out direct talks with separatists

Russia urged Ukraine’s leaders on Wednesday to talk directly to separatists to end the conflict in the east, but Kiev rejected the call and told Moscow to stop «playing games» aimed at legitimizing «terrorists».
Russia backs the separatists but denies it is directly involved in the conflict in the Donbass region.
But Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk accused  Moscow of trying to push Ukraine into recognizing the pro-Russian rebels who are fighting government troops to split parts of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions from Kiev.
Speaking at a government meeting, he declared Kiev would not speak directly to the separatists and repeated the phrase slowly in Russian for emphasis, saying: «We will not hold direct talks with your mercenaries.»
A ceasefire was agreed on Sept. 5 in the Belarussian capital of Minsk as part of a wider deal between Moscow, Kiev and the rebels under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) — with a former president representing Kiev to avoid formal recognition of the rebels.
But the truce is under constant pressure, with deaths of government troops and civilians reported daily. Kiev and the West accuse Russia of sending tanks and troops to back the rebels but Moscow denies the charges.

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