A new round of talks within the Contact group for Eastern Ukraine held Tuesday has failed to yield results.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Haletey has meanwhile announced his country is shifting the strategy of Kiev forces acting in the east, switching from fighting terrorist forces to defensing Ukraine against a so-called "full-scale invasion" allegedly carried out by Russia, UNIAN news agency reports.

The decision comes after kiev troops were forced to withdraw from the Luhansk airport after fierce clashes with separatists.

"A great war has arrived at our doorstep - the likes of which Europe has not seen since World War Two," the BBC quoted Haletey as saying.

Russia denies it is deploying or has deployed soldiers to Ukraine's Donbass region. 
At the same time the meeting in Belarusian capital Minsk ended without producing any results.

Represetntatives of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic set out conditions to lay down arms.

They insist both regions should be granted "special status", should have their own armed forces and judiciary and should be allowed a more intensive economic activity to achieve integration with Russia and its Customs Union.

Pro-Russian rebels have reiterated the demand over the past few months.

Members of the Contact Group, which includes Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), decided to hold the next round of talks on Friday.

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