The pro-Russian separatist envoys present at talks in Minsk on the Ukraine conflict effectively blocked the negotiations and sought to revise a previous ceasefire deal, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said Sunday, according to dpa. "They were not even prepared to discuss implementation of a ceasefire and withdrawal of heavy weapons," said the Serbian Foreign Ministry, which currently chairs the OSCE. The Vienna-based OSCE is part of the so-called contact group, which also includes Ukraine and Russia and is involved in the Ukraine talks with the separatists. The talks' long-delayed latest round, held Saturday in the Belarusian capital, were fruitless.
