Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Ukraine and the West of seeking to destroy his country. He says Kyiv must meet Moscow's demands.
This comes just few days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations over Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called the situation in the Eastern parts of Ukraine as difficult and painful.
SABC News reporter Khayelihle Khumalo has more.
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