Ukraine expects 120,000 Russian troops on its borders in a week
Angela Merkel tells Council of Europe Germany is concerned at the Russian troop deployments
20 April 2021 - 22:36
Kiev/Brussels — Russia will soon have more than 120,000 troops on Ukraine's border, Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday, calling for new western economic sanctions to deter Moscow from “further escalation”.
Washington and Nato have been alarmed by the large build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine and in Crimea, the peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014...
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