British special forces operators were embedded with Ukrainian troops in the early days of the conflict, Declassified UK reported on Wednesday, citing the newly published book by Polish journalist Zbigniew Parafianowicz.

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Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow is open for direct talks on Ukraine even as some EU politicians oppose the idea Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Moscow remains open to direct talks with the West, but “it takes two to tango.”