Rebels won't sign Ukraine deal unless government troops retreat: sources

Rebels won't sign Ukraine deal unless government troops retreat: sources

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"No agreement yet. The pro-Russian separatists do not want to sign. They demand the retreat of the Ukrainian army from Debaltseve," said one of the sources at talks between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany in Minsk.

Pro-Moscow forces in eastern Ukraine have tightened the pressure on Kiev by launching some of the war's worst fighting near the railway town of Debaltseve.

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