BERLIN (Sputnik) — Moscow will use its influence on Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions so that they comply with the Minsk peace agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
"We asked our Ukrainian colleagues, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, for the Ukrainian side not to shy away from its obligations. We, for our part, will work to ensure that the influence we have on Donetsk and Lugansk is used, so that they bear responsibility for the commitments they have undertaken," Lavrov told reporters.