Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday any attempt to isolate Russia was bound to fail and he urged European Union countries to make responsible and independent decisions on sanctions. "Isolation has never led anyone to anything," Lavrov told reporters after talks with Mozambican counterpart Oldemiro Baloi.

Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera Sunday expressed concerns over Russian bombers'recent frequent spot near its territory, according to local media.

Turkish army on Saturday found the four French journalists kidnapped by a extremist religious force in Syria last June on the Turkish-Syrian border, local Dogan News Agency reported. The four French journalists were abducted by the rebel group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in June 2013. They were reportedly found in Turkey's southeastern Sanliurfa province where they were blindfolded and handbound.

Four French journalist abducted in Syria since June 2013 were free and in good health, French President Francois Hollande announced on Saturday. Hollande "learned with great relief this morning the release of four French journalists...They will join France in the coming hours, " the presidency office said in a statement.