Moscow, Rabi'II 11, 1436, Jan 31, 2015, SPA -- Talks aimed at settling the conflict between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine have ended without a breakthrough. According to dpa, former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, the government's envoy to the meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group, said the participants could not agree on either a ceasefire or the withdrawal of heavy weaponry, the Interfax news agency reported. The discussions lasted three hours in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. --SPA 23:10 LOCAL TIME 20:10 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w