DHAKA: The leaders of Russia, France and Germany have agreed to work on a peace plan for the conflict in eastern Ukraine, and, in this regard, they are going to talk with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko over telephone on Sunday.

According to a report, published on the BBC, Russian President Vladimir Putin, France's Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel described talks as "constructive" on Friday in Moscow.

However, Russia is accused of arming pro-Russian separatists - claims it denies, the report added.

On the other hand, fighting has left nearly 5,400 people dead there since April, the UN says.

Some 1.2 million Ukrainians have fled their homes since last April, when the rebels seized a big swathe of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions following Russia's annexation of Crimea.

BDST: 1718 HRS, FEB 07, 2015