MOSCOW - The Russian Foreign Ministry says top diplomats from Russia and Germany have spoken by telephone about violations of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and the threat of further escalation of the conflict.
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Ukrainian soldiers sit on top of an armoured personnel carrier as they rest on the way to their military base near Artemivsk in Donetsk Oblast on Aug. 13.