Pro-Russia militants near the eastern Ukrainian city of Starobeshevo, on February 25, 2015 -© AFP
MOSCOW: Russian officials on Thursday dismissed a claim by the United States that Moscow has sent “thousands” of troops to fight alongside pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.
“These figures, which are plucked out of the air, of course demoralise and disorientate the international community,” foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland on Wednesday told a congressional foreign affairs committee that Russia had deployed “thousands and thousands” of troops to Ukraine, although she said she could not give a precise number.
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