Russia on Friday accused Ukraine of carrying out its first airstrike on its soil since President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24. Moscow warned that the helicopter attack on a fuel depot in the town of Belgorod would hamper negotiations.
On Friday, Russia and Ukraine resumed peace talks by video conference, a negotiator said. “We are continuing talks by video conference,” Moscow’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said on Telegram. “Our positions on Crimea and Donbass have not changed.”
The helicopters hit Rosneft’s fuel storage facility in the western town of Belgorod, around 40 kilometres from the border with Ukraine.
