LONDON, Jan 22 - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has accepted an invitation to meet his British counterpart Ben Wallace to discuss the crisis on the Russia-Ukraine border, AFP reported Saturday citing a senior U.K. defense source.

"The Defense Secretary is glad that Russia has accepted the invitation to talk with his counterpart," the source said.

"Given the last defense bilateral between our two countries took place in London in 2013, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has offered to meet in Moscow instead," added the source.