BRUSSELS: EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Friday (Saturday in Manila) reiterated the bloc’s support for Ukraine and urged Kiev and Moscow to avoid any action which could further escalate tensions.

Mogherini said she had telephoned Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin to discuss the situation, as Kiev accused Russia of stoking unrest in the east of the country and around Crimea which Moscow annexed in 2014.

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