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Reuters: Russia calls on U.S. to help stop Kyiv’s military drive

Published May 3, 2014 at 10:48 pm

Smoke rises from a checkpoint in Kramatorsk, the scene of Ukrainian counterterrorism operation.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told his U.S. counterpart John Kerry that the U.S. should use its influence to make Ukraine's government immediately stop military operations in south-east Ukraine, the Russian foreign ministry said on Saturday.