US Secretary of State Blinken: Ukraine and Russia must adhere to the Minsk agreements remained a diplomatic solution. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called on Russia to resolve the situation in Donbass peacefully, RIA Novosti reports.
The diplomat demanded that Moscow withdraw forces from the borders, restore the ceasefire, and stop destabilizing and provocative actions. “We continue to believe that there is a diplomatic way [to resolve the situation], (…) we do not want a conflict,” concluded the Secretary of State.
Earlier, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of stirring up military hysteria … According to the diplomat, the Russian side is reproached for holding exercises by the Armed Forces on their territory by those countries that are pulling together troops and military equipment in huge quantities from overseas to the Russian borders.