MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Dec. 9 the easing of tensions in eastern Ukraine between Kyiv and pro-Russian separatists was still a long way off.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov says easing of tensions in east Ukraine a long way off
Women stand outside their damaged houses after overnight shelling in the Makievsky district in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk controlled by pro-Russia rebels on Dec. 3, 2014.