In a statement, the ministry said that Lavrov and Rubio dealt with the situation in Ukraine during the call, and carried out bomb attacks on railway infrastructure in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions late on Saturday.
Rubio expressed his sadness to Lavrov for the victims of the explosion, the ministry said.
The statement noted that the outcome of the attack will soon be announced, highlighting that the outcome of the attack will be released soon, with the person responsible for it being identified and brought to trial.
71 people were killed and 71 injured in the Briance area of Russia when highway bridges collapsed into moving passenger trains after the explosion.
In an incident in the Kursk region of Russia, an explosion on a railway bridge caused a mobile freight train to fall onto the highway. One of the train drivers was injured and the entire crew was taken to the hospital.
Meetings between Ukraine and Russia are expected to take place at Silaghan Palace in Istanbul at 1pm (1000gmt) on Monday, a source from the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
Ukrainian President Voldimia Zelenki said on Sunday that Defense Minister Rasmu Umerov will lead his country’s delegation in the planned second round of direct negotiations with Russia.
Previously, Lavrov said he had held his next in-person meeting with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2, with Vladimir Medinsky, aide to President Vladimir Putin, to lead the delegation.
On May 16, Russia and Ukraine held their first in-person meeting in Istanbul in three years, with both parties specifically agreeing to a massive exchange of prisoners, involving a total of 1,000 people from both sides.
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