Mortar Attacks Before Ukraine Peace Talks

Four people have been killed in mortar attacks on a bus station and a metals plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, as leaders gathered for peace talks in Belarus. President Barack Obama urged his Russian counterpart to reach a deal to end the 10-month Ukraine conflict ahead of the talks in Minsk. Mr Obama spoke with President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call on the eve of the discussions. In a statement released afterwards, the White House said Mr Obama warned Mr Putin the "cost