Title: Ukraine Talks Show Little Progress

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/251/ukraine_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Ukraine Talks Show Little Progress' data-article-id='513'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8229'>Overnight talks about the Ukraine conflict ended late in Paris with little sign of progress.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='8229' data-end-time='21417'>Foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine restated their support for the cease-fire plan agreed to in February at meetings in Minsk, Belarus.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='21417' data-end-time='29729'>However, continued fighting between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces may affect the deal.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='29729' data-end-time='35125'>The Minsk deal calls for a truce and heavy weapons withdrawal. </span> <span data-start-time='35125' data-end-time='43875'>After, rebel-held areas are to get more autonomy and hold elections under Ukrainian law.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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Overnight talks about the Ukraine conflict ended late in Paris with little sign of progress.

Foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine restated their support for the cease-fire plan agreed to in February at meetings in Minsk, Belarus.

However, continued fighting between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces may affect the deal.

The Minsk deal calls for a truce and heavy weapons withdrawal. After, rebel-held areas are to get more autonomy and hold elections under Ukrainian law.

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