Russia and US discussed situation in south-eastern Ukraine
- 06 Apr 2021
Armed men in masks, representing Ukrainian special forces, stand guard outside the regional administration building in Kharkiv. File/Reuters
Russian and US representatives have discussed the situation in south-eastern Ukraine, the TASS news agency quoted Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Tuesday.
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On Monday, Ryabkov said that Russia was in high-level contact with the United States about tensions over Ukraine and dismissed fears of a Russian military buildup even as it vowed to respond to new Ukrainian sanctions.
There has been a recent spike in violence in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region where Kyiv’s troops have battled Russian-backed separatist forces in a conflict it estimates has killed 14,000 people since 2014.
Reuters
