Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sept. 1 that his country's military would not interfere with the situation in Ukraine and that he stood ready to "converse" with the West to reach a peaceful settlement to the crisis there.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
USA Today: Russia says it won’t interfere in Ukraine
A russian soldier walks on the top of a tank, some 10 km outside the southern-Russian city of Donetsk, on August 18, 2014.
