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Any meeting has sense not as such but when it has some substantive agenda, Russian Foreign Minister said

The German government’s criticism of the Ukrainian Army related to the recent first-time use of a Bayraktar TB2 strike drone in Donbas has led to diplomatic tensions between Kyiv and Berlin. — Ukrinform.

The Ukrainian delegation in the Trilateral Contact Group for Donbas settlement believes it is difficult to count on any serious progress in talks on the political part of the Minsk agreements as the Russian side avoids expressing its vision of these documents. — Ukrinform.

A meeting of Normandy Four foreign ministers will eventually take place, while the leaders’ summit remains in jeopardy. — Ukrinform.

Maria Zakharova noted that Kiev’s remarks regarding a missile strike at Russia and an initiation of a full-scale military operation "cannot but cause concern"

On October 13, Maria Zakharova said that Moscow intended to continue mediation efforts within the Normandy Four Group and the Contact Group for resolving the situation in Donbass in order to settle the Ukrainian conflict

Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, First Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the TCG Oleksiy Reznikov has denied information that appeared in the media about the possible replacement of current head of the Ukrainian delegation to the TCG Leonid Kravchuk with Serhiy Liovochkin, former head of the presidential administration during the times of Viktor Yanukovych.

The Normandy format was established in June 2014

Germany and France are working hard to set up a meeting of the four foreign ministers in the Normandy format (Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia), but there is no clear idea when it will eventually take place. — Ukrinform.

Russia will not be able to prevent residents of the temporarily occupied territories of eastern Ukraine and Crimea from staying in contact with the Ukrainian authorities. — Ukrinform.