Crucial Minsk summit seeks peace in Ukraine

Leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine are to meet in Belarus to try to revive the much-violated peace plan agreed last September, and end a war that has now killed more than 5,300 people

Debaltseve: Rebels trying to encircle government troops

Approximate area under rebel control as of Feb 9, 2015

Frontline agreed in Minsk in September 2014

Stanytsia
Luhanska
Luhansk
Horlivka
Shakhtarsk
Krasny Luch
Donetsk
Volnovakha
Mariupol
Novoazovsk
Krasnoarmiisk

SEA OF AZOV
DONETSK REGION
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
LUHANSK REGION

50km
30 miles

Kiev
RUSSIA
Detailarea
UKRAINE
Crimea Annexed by Russia

POTENTIAL STICKING POINTS OF FRANCO-GERMAN PEACE PROPOSAL

Details of proposal not released but thought to include demilitarised zone of 50-70km around current front line

Ceasefire line: Russia demands truce line recognise territorial gains made by rebels in recent months

Kiev is concerned that any new pact should not undermine territorial integrity of Ukraine by legitimising separatist control of eastern regions of country

Monitoring: Kiev opposes any peacekeeping force but supports OSCE monitoring of Ukraine-Russia border

Status of eastern regions: Russia demands more autonomy for rebel-held areas but Kiev opposes “federalization”

Peace talks: Kiev refuses to allow separatists a place at top-level talks. Instead, their representatives would join parallel meeting

Sources: Inform Napalm, National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine