It is five months since Minsk gave its name to a peace deal for Ukraine. Now key players are meeting here for what has been widely called "one of the last chances" to stop a widening trail of destruction and death, which threaten the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
BBC: Back to Minsk with so much at stake
People stand beside the body of woman killed as result of shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramotorsk on Feb. 10, 2015.