REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MINSK -- A top pro-Russian rebel said on Friday that a new round of Ukraine crisis talks had resulted in no breakthrough but would continue in the coming weeks.

The chief negotiator of the self-declared Lugansk People's Republic said the European-mediated talks got stuck on the crucial issue of when and under what terms Ukraine's two renegade eastern provinces could conduct their own elections.

"We discussed the elections but stumbled on many obstacles," Vladislav Deinego told reporters after the latest round of talks in the Belarussian capital Minsk.

"I hope that we can find a consensus."