NATO chief says Russia must end up Ukraine military build-up
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday called on Russia to stop deployment of military forces near Ukraine border.
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- Published Date: 12:40 | 13 April 2021
- Modified Date: 06:27 | 13 April 2021
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on Russia on Tuesday to withdraw troops that the alliance says Moscow is massing on Ukraine's borders.
"In recent weeks Russia has moved thousands of combat-ready troops to Ukraine's borders, the largest massing of Russian troops since the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014," Stoltenberg said.
"Russia must end this military build-up in and around Ukraine, stop its provocations and deescalate immediately," he said at a news conference with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. Kuleba said Kyiv wanted a diplomatic solution.
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