Thursday, August 11, 2016

US urges lowering of tensions between Russia and Ukraine

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has sold his troops to be combat ready, after reports of Russian troops massing along the Crimea / Ukraine border.

Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out incursions into Crimea, allegations rejected as a fantasy by Kiev.

At the U.S. State Department, deputy spokesperson Elizabeth Trudeau urged both sides to talk.

IN: "We are...
OUT: ...situation there."
DUR: 26


***