Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (Agence France Presse)
There is "no good news yet" from a marathon four-way peace summit in Minsk, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told AFP on Thursday, as Russia is imposing "unacceptable" conditions.
"Unfortunately there's no good news yet," Poroshenko said of the talks involving the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany.
"There are conditions that I consider unacceptable," he said, declining to elaborate. "The (negotiations) process is ongoing," he said during a brief break after over 14 hours of talks in the Belarus capital.
"There's always hope," Poroshenko said of the last-ditch bid to end 10 months of bloodshed that has killed over 5,300 people.
"We're in non-stop talks, as you can see, the situation is very difficult, (German Chancellor) Angela Merkel and (French) President Francois Hollande are helping us a lot, but for now the situation is difficult."