Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said there are a “record number” of Russian troops on his country’s border with Russia.
Speaking on Ukrainian television, Poroshenko said that the information came from NATO, U.S. and E.U. sources as well as Ukrainian intelligence.
Reports of an increasing Russian presence on the border have cropped up since NATO commander Philip Breedlove warned earlier this year of the risk of a return to heavy fighting in Eastern Ukraine. Kiev has repeatedly reported snap surges in violence by Russian-backed rebels in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions during this time.
Most recently Ukraine’s defence forces complained of 540 violations …read more
Source: Newsweek
