Children stand on an armored vehicle in the town of Soledar in the Donetsk region on September 27, 2014. Some 70 representatives of the Russian military under the command of Russian ground forces Lieutenant General Alexander Lentsov are in eastern Ukraine for separate meetings with Ukrainian forces and the pro-Russian rebels to talk about establishing ceasefire conditions in the region. AFP PHOTO
UNITED NATIONS, United States: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) accused the United States of resorting to “military interference” to defend its interests, in a veiled reference to the air campaign in Syria.