US military saw ‘outburst’ from Russian general at face-to-face meeting, report says

A top Russian general reportedly told US officials in Moscow he was "very depressed" about the "tragic" situation in Ukraine in what was described as a rare outburst of emotion.

Quoting a readout of an in-person meeting between Pentagon and Kremlin military officials in Moscow last week, CNN reported that two US defence attachés were shocked at the general’s "revealing moment".

The meeting with Russian Major General Yevgeny Ilyin, deputy chief of the main directorate of international cooperation, came amid accusations that a Ukraine missile strike killed 23 civilians in the rebel-held Donetsk region.