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Four-way talks on alleviating the crisis in eastern Ukraine had been difficult, but some progress was made, the German foreign minister has said.

Russia on Monday said all objections to it sending a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine had been resolved but said no progress had been made in Berlin talks toward a ceasefire between government and rebel forces in the east of the country.
   

Pro-Russian rebels on Aug. 17 shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet ahead of urgent talks between Kyiv and Moscow's top diplomats to defuse tensions over fighting in the east of the ex-Soviet nation.
      

More than 400 Ukrainian soldiers "flee to to Russia"

MOSCOW -- Ukrainian authorities' orders to troops to fight their own people are "impossible," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told Itar-Tass on Monday.

His comments came as 438 Ukrainian military personnel reportedly fled across the border into Russia overnight.

MOSCOW - The current crisis in Ukraine is reminiscent of the 1999 NATO bombing of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

Ukraine crisis "reminiscent" of NATO bombing of Serbia

SOFIA -- The current crisis in Ukraine is "reminiscent" of the 1999 NATO bombing of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Sergei Lavrov has been quoted as saying.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has demanded that the South Stream pipeline be excluded from the scope of the EU's Third Energy package.

He told reporters after meeting Bulgarian counterpart Kristian Vigenin that Moscow would also insist that negotiations with Brussels be renewed on the project.

“South Stream is very important for Bulgaria and south-eastern Europe,” Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin said after talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Sofia on Monday.

Corporate investment into the Bulgarian economy has been almost USD 2 B over the last 10 years, Russia's Foreign Minister has said hours ahead of a visit to Sofia.

Sergey Lavrov has told Focus News Agency that bilateral trade turnover was USD 2.9 B (BGN 4.17 B) last year, citing the numbers as an example for successful commercial and economic relations.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with his counterpart Kristian Vigenin on July 7, during his official visit to Bulgaria.

He is to mark the 135th anniversary since diplomatic relations were established between Bulgaria and Russia, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia said in a statement to the media.