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The State Department fired back Monday at Russian claims that Secretary of State John Kerry had declined an invitation to visit Moscow to discuss the Ukraine crisis.

Kerry's spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, told reporters in Washington that Russia had yet to show a "seriousness" to plans for direct talks with Ukraine, a U.S. precondition to deeper engagement on the crisis.

Psaki said Russia would first need to recognize the new Ukrainian government - which replaced the ousted Moscow-backed regime -- and stop military maneuvers and annexation attempts in Crimea, the Moscow-aligned region of Ukraine now under Russian occupation.