美国国务卿克里说，现在是俄罗斯和亲俄分离分子履行和平协议结束乌克兰东部暴力的“关键时刻”。
克里在土耳其城市安塔利亚做出上述表示。他星期三在安塔利亚会见了北约成员国外长。
星期二，克里在俄罗斯度假城市索契会见了俄罗斯总统普京和外长拉夫罗夫。克里在俄罗斯说，对于乌克兰和叙利亚武装冲突等复杂的全球性问题，必须由关键的决策者们进行直接会谈，除此之外别无他途。
在克里此次出访之际，华盛顿和莫斯科的关系由于双方在乌克兰和叙利亚问题上存在分歧而陷于后冷战时期的低谷，看来这次访问的主要目的之一就是保持美俄两国的接触。
星期二发表的一份报告说，过去一年期间至少有220名俄罗斯军人在乌克兰东南部地区战死。这份报告是根据被暗杀的俄罗斯反对派领袖涅姆佐夫搜集的信息撰写的。
莫斯科曾屡次否认介入乌克兰冲突。
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says now is a "critical moment" for Russia and pro-Russia separatists to fulfill a peace deal meant to end violence in eastern Ukraine.
Kerry made the comment in Antalya, Turkey, where he met Wednesday with NATO foreign ministers.
Kerry's comments follow meetings Tuesday with Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Russian resort city of Sochi. Kerry in Russia said there is "no substitute" for direct talks with key decision makers on complex global issues such as the conflicts in Ukraine and in Syria.
Kerry's trip came at a time when relations between Washington and Moscow have plummeted to post-Cold War lows amid the disagreements over Ukraine and Syria, and the trip appeared designed as much to maintain contact as anything else.
Also Tuesday, a report was released based on information compiled by slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov that said at least 220 Russian soldiers have died in fighting in southeastern Ukraine over the past year.
Moscow has repeatedly denied claims it is involved in the conflict.
