Russia sharply increased the number of troops and vehicles positioned on the eastern border of Ukraine in the past few days in response to recent Ukrainian advances against pro-Russian separatists, reports the Financial Times.
Ukraine’s Army spokesperson on Tuesday called on Russia to halt the build-up of forces along its border as fears grew of a Moscow invasion to stop Ukraine’s advances against the separatist rebels.
“Ukraine considers the conducting of such unprecedented military exercises on the border with Ukraine as a provocation,” Andriy Lysenko.
The Ukrainian government now claims that there are over 15,000 separatist militants in the east of Ukraine that have received heavy arms from Russia.
Ukraine’s Army spokesperson on Tuesday called on Russia to halt the build-up of forces along its border as fears grew of a Moscow invasion to stop Ukraine’s advances against the separatist rebels.
“Ukraine considers the conducting of such unprecedented military exercises on the border with Ukraine as a provocation,” Andriy Lysenko.
The Ukrainian government now claims that there are over 15,000 separatist militants in the east of Ukraine that have received heavy arms from Russia.