Moscow warns Kiev over use of force in east Ukraine: Interfax

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Kiev was trying to solve the crisis in east Ukraine through military force which was a "strategic mistake" that could lead to "irreversible consequences for the Ukrainian statehood".

"It's the biggest, even strategic mistake of the Ukrainian authorities to bank on a military solution to the crisis in Ukrainian society and to all of south-east Ukraine's problems," Interfax quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin as saying.

"This can lead to irreversible consequences for the Ukrainian statehood."

(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, editing by Thomas Grove)