Josh Rogin and Eli Lake: Kerry helped free US ‘spies’ trapped in Ukraine
US.Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) watch as members of the US and Russian delegations place red flowers at the Zakovkzalny War Memorial in Sochi on May 12, 2015.
When Secretary of State John Kerry earlier this month was planning the first high-level talks between Washington and Moscow in years, he faced a problem: Two American aid workers were secretly being held by Ukrainian separatists.