Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu held phone calls on Sunday with his French and Turkish counterparts, to discuss the Ukraine crisis, officials said. Meanwhile, residents in the southern Kherson region have been to evacuate, while elsewhere, millions found themselves without electricity due to Russian airstrikes on infrastructure.
"The situation in Ukraine, which has a steady tendency towards further, uncontrolled escalation, was discussed," by Shoigu and France's Sebastien Lecornu, the ministry said.
