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No Ukraine accord in US-Russia talks | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Russia and the US have "no common vision" on the crisis in Ukraine, Russia's foreign minister has said after talks with his US counterpart. | |
However Sergei Lavrov added that his meeting with John Kerry in London had been "constructive". | |
Russia would "respect the will of the people of Crimea", Mr Lavrov said, ahead of Sunday's referendum there. | |
Crimeans are to vote on whether to leave Ukraine and become part of the Russian Federation. | |
President Barack Obama said on Friday that there would be "consequences" if Ukraine's "sovereignty continues to be violated". | |
Mr Lavrov told reporters in London that Russia had no plans to invade south-eastern Ukraine. |