The talks in Minsk: Merkel, Hollande, Poroshenko, Putin

The negotiations in Minsk Independence Palace have been in process for 13 hours.

Poroshenko shakes hand with Putin and more pictures from the Normandy format talks in Minsk.

Donets Basin negotiations have been in process for 12 hours in Minsk Independence Palace.

The negotiations in Minsk Independence Palace have been in process for over 11 hours.

‘A struggle of nerves’ has started, deputy head of the Ukrainian President’s Administration Valery Chaly wrote. The negotiations may take longer than

A similar incident occurred to Ukrainian ex-President Victor Yanukovich during his first press conference after resignation.

The President stood up and headed for the second floor 30 minutes after the meeting had begun. He came back 15 minutes later.

The Belarusian leader held the chair that the Russian president was trying to sit on.

On February 11, talks between leaders of Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia are held in the Palace of Independence in Minsk.