U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the United States will maintain sanctions against Russia until Moscow fulfills its obligation to de-escalate the situation in eastern Ukraine.
Unless Russia fulfills all of its obligations concerning the de-escalation of the situation in Donbas, the sanctions will remain in force, he said at a joint press briefing with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv on Thursday.
According to Kerry, the same applies to the situation in Crimea.