Moscow, Safar 27, 1436, Dec 19, 2014, SPA -- Efforts to restart peace talks between Kiev and Ukraine's pro-Russian separatists fell through Friday, according to the separatists, despite fresh mediation by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, dpa reported. In Moscow, officials said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had already phoned Steinmeier and urged a full meeting of the trilateral Contact Group consisting of Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). A separatist leader in Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, told the Interfax news agency a Contact Group video conference on Friday failed to settle a date for a physical meeting. -- SPA 21:15 LOCAL TIME 18:15 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1307726