Russia has launched a “very serious” military build-up inside Ukraine and on their shared border, deploying troops and sophisticated equipment including air defence systems, NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday.
Troops, artillery and “very modern” air defence weapons could be seen “both inside of Ukraine and also on the Russian side of the border,” Stoltenberg said as he arrived for a meeting with European Union defence ministers.
“It is a very serious build-up,” Stoltenberg said, urging Russia to reverse course and meet its commitments under a September ceasefire and peace plan signed by Kiev and pro-Kremlin rebels.
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Source: Herald LIVE
