German and French leaders should press Ukraine harder to implement the peace plan in eastern Ukraine that was signed in February, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Aug. 19. He spoke from Crimea, territory that Russia annexed in 2014, following reports that indicated that Russian-backed rebels in Ukraine were building up their "combat readiness" and only a week after a rebel officialwarned of "a big war" if the peace plan fell apart.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
International Business Times: Amid escalating fears of war, Lavrov presses Germany, France on peace treaty
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reacts during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Moscow on August 17, 2015.
