Russia has accused Ukraine of abducting two Russian servicemen on the annexed Crimea peninsula, but Kiev said it had merely detained two Ukrainian army deserters. In a statement carried late Monday by local news agencies, the Russian defense ministry said servicemen Maxim Odintsov and Alexander Baranov were “illegally detained and ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that UN special envoy special envoy Staffan de Mistura has been sabotaging a Security Council Resolution 2254, saying that inclusive intra-Syrian talks should be held without preconditions. The top Russian diplomat said that Moscow supports an initiative to hold the intra-Syrian talks in ...
