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Russia and US discussed situation in south-eastern Ukraine

  • 06 Apr 2021
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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

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