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Dmitry KozakBERLIN, Feb 11 Question about the Normandy Four summit (Russia, France) , Germany, Ukraine) did not rise at a meeting of political advisers in Berlin, said Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration of Russia. — Kozak said at a briefing. The next round of negotiations at the level of political advisers lasted in Berlin for almost nine hours, the previous meeting was held in Paris on January 26. In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after a coup in Kiev in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, about 13,000 people became victims of the conflict. s. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continue, in the DPR they announced shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev is not complying with the Minsk agreements and is dragging out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The so-called «Normandy format» of negotiations on Ukraine has existed since June 2014. Then, during the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy, the leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France discussed the settlement of the conflict in Donbass for the first time. The previous summit was held in Paris on December 9, 2019. Recently, the parties at different levels have been discussing the prospects for interaction in this format.