A meeting of the trilateral Contact Group for Ukraine is due to begin in the Belarusian capital Minsk at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Darya Olifer, spokesperson for former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, who represents Kyiv at the Contact Group, has said.

"This will be preceded by meetings of all four sub-groups – for humanitarian, political, economic and security issues," Olifer said on her Facebook account on Tuesday.