VIDEO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said relations between Russia and the United States were at "rock bottom" and would remain so for some time. In a lecture on October 20, Lavrov said things would only improve when 'unilateral sanctions' were abandoned. The U.S. and other Western countries have imposed sanctions on Russia, alleging it supports separatists in eastern Ukraine with troops and weaponry. Russia denies the claims. (Video by Reuters)
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Amnesty International says both pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces may be guilty of "execution-style and other deliberate" killings in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
"There is no doubt that summary killings and atrocities are being committed by both pro-Russian separatists and pro-Kyiv forces in eastern Ukraine, but [it] is difficult to get an accurate sense of the scale of these abuses," the rights group said in an October 20 report.
An investigation by the group revealed "isolated incidents attributable to both sides," Amnesty said.
The group cast doubts on claims by the separatists and the Russian government last month of "mass graves" in eastern Ukraine, saying it found evidence of extrajudicial killings by Kyiv-backed forces of four men buried in two graves but not the hundreds of bodies claimed by Russian officials and media.