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Dipomats seek to calm Ukraine fighting, break stalemate in new talks

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FILE - In this Monday, June 15, 2015 file photo, a Ukrainian serviceman investigates a crater left by a Grad rocket in the village of Toshkivka, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

FILE - In this Monday, June 15, 2015 file photo, a Ukrainian serviceman investigates a crater left by a Grad rocket in the village of Toshkivka, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File) (The Associated Press)

PARIS – The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany will meet in Paris to discuss efforts to try to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Tuesday's meeting is part of a new round of diplomatic efforts amid a spike in fighting in eastern Ukraine between pro-Russia separatists and Ukrainian troops. Ukraine and Western powers say Russia backs the rebels, which Moscow denies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with the French and German leaders a day earlier. And representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are holding separate talks Tuesday in Minsk, Belarus.

European countries have pushed for a diplomatic settlement while some U.S. legislators want to increase military aid to Ukraine. The conflict has killed more than 6,400 people since last year.