United States envoy for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland (second from left) with US ambassador in Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt (second from right), head of Ukrainian UDAR (Punch) party Vitalii Klitschko (left) and head of Batkivshchyna party Arseniy Yatsenyuk meet in Kiev on Thursday (Friday in Manila). AFP PHOTO
KIEV: The United States (US) tried to contain fallout on Friday from a leaked phone conversation in which a top diplomat uses the f-word regarding the European Union’s (EU’s) handling of the crisis in Ukraine.