IN BRIEF: What is known about phone call between Russia, US top diplomats

MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. During a phone call with his US counterpart Marco Rubio on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told America’s top diplomat that the Russian armed forces were beginning systematic strikes on sites in Kiev used by the armed forces of Ukraine (AFU), the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Rubio said he had relayed the message from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about Russia’s next steps to President Donald Trump following a phone call on Monday between the two top diplomats.

TASS has summed up key facts about the call.

Russian foreign ministry’s statement

Lavrov officially informed the American side that in response to the Kiev regime’s continued attacks against civilian population and infrastructure in Russia, the armed forces of the Russian Federation were beginning systematic and consistent strikes against military sites and corresponding decision-making centers in Kiev, the ministry said.