烏克蘭衝突雙方週六和談未獲進展大綱

Peace talks between Ukraine and pro-Russia separatists went nowhere Saturday, as fighting raged in the country's east, killing both soldiers and civilians.

The talks in Minsk were adjourned after several hours. A statement from the Trilateral Contact Group said that the representatives from the rebel-held areas of Ukraine did not come to the talks prepared to discuss implementation of a cease-fire and withdrawal of heavy weapons. Instead, the group said the rebels wanted to revisit the Minsk Protocol that laid the groundwork for a cessation of hostilities.

The cease-fire the sides agreed to in September has been repeatedly violated and collapsed completely last week when rebels announced the start of a new offensive designed to expand their territory.

Shelling in the strategic transport hub of Debaltseve killed 12 civilians Saturday, according to the police chief of the rebel-held Donetsk region. Debaltseve is located northeast of the city of Donetsk, connecting it with Luhansk, another major rebel stronghold.

The government still retains primary control of the vital rail and road junction, which has been without water, power and gas for days.

In addition to the civilian deaths, Ukraine's defense minister, Stepan Poltorak, announced the deaths of 15 soldiers across the east in the past day of fighting with Russia-backed separatists.烏克蘭政府和親俄羅斯分離分子的和平會談星期六沒有取得任何成果，烏克蘭東部的衝突繼續發生，雙方武裝人員以及平民仍有傷亡。

在明斯克舉行的和談進行了幾小時後休會。俄羅斯、烏克蘭和歐安會的三方聯合聲明說，前來參加和談的反政府武裝控制區代表拒絕討論落實停火協議和撤走重武器的問題，而表示希望重新審議作爲停止敵對基礎的明斯克協議。

雙方去年9月達成的停火協議不斷被打破，上星期完全破裂。親俄羅斯武裝宣佈開展擴大其控制區的新一輪攻勢。

反政府武裝控制的頓涅茨克警察總監說，戰略交通樞紐德巴爾切夫鎮星期六受到的炮擊中有12名平民喪生。德巴爾切夫位於頓涅茨克東北方向，是與反政府武裝控制的另一個重要城鎮盧甘斯克連接的重要環節。

烏克蘭政府仍然基本控制着德巴爾切夫的鐵路和公路要道，但是那裏被切斷水源、供電和汽油已經數天。

烏克蘭國防部長說，政府軍與親俄羅斯武裝作戰一天以來，有15名軍人喪生。

俄羅斯去年併吞克里米亞半島，衝突4月份爆發以來，已經有5100多人喪生。面對衝突最近升級，烏克蘭總統波羅申科呼籲舉行新一輪和平談判。