Russia's financial monitoring service, Rosfinmonitoring, has put controversial journalist Arkady Babchenko on its list of extremist persons, according to its website as of Thursday

Ukraine is continuing to display ambiguity about its stance on agreements negotiated by the Normandy group and approved by the UN Security Council in a special resolution pertaining to the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday

French Ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins told RBC Ukraine news agency that there is a need for clarification of the Minsk agreements on Donbas settlement since they were concluded back in 2014 and 2015