WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a telephone call on Saturday that any Russian steps to annex Ukraine's Crimea region would close the door to diplomacy, a U.S. State Department official said.
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Reuters: Kerry urges Russia to exercise utmost restraint in Ukraine’s Crimea
US Secretary of State John Kerry upon arrival in Kyiv on March 4.
