Rubio, Lavrov discuss ‘new idea' on Ukraine at Asean meet in Malaysia
The pair met hours after Moscow pummelled Kyiv for a second night in a row and as the UN said the number of victims from Russian attacks was at its highest level in three years.
After launching the barrage, which killed two people in the Ukrainian capital, Moscow denied that peace talks with Kyiv were at a dead end.
US President Donald Trump, who forced the warring countries to open negotiations for the first time in three years, earlier this week accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of talking 'bulls**t' on Ukraine, amid fading hopes for a breakthrough.
'A substantive and frank exchange of views took place on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine,' Moscow's foreign ministry said in a statement on the meeting.
Rubio told reporters Lavrov had floated something 'new' on the conflict, but did not share details of the proposal.
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