GENEVA, Switzerland, April 17 (UPI) -- At the conclusion of Thursday's four-party talks on the situation in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced from Geneva that an agreement had been reached to "de-escalate" the crisis.
The agreement, Lavrov said, was accepted by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia, and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton.