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Russia Warns NATO Against Sending Any Troops To Ukraine As “Frightening” Escalation Looms<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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The Kremlin’s latest statements out Friday amid the potential new Ukraine crisis which has seen a serious flare-up in fighting in the Donbass region, along with what appears to be far bigger-than-usual troop movements on Russia’s side of the border, has raised the stakes further.<\/p>\n

Russia has vowed it will take\u00a0“extra measures to ensure its own security” should it observe any deployment of NATO troops inside Ukraine<\/strong>, the Kremlin statement said Friday according to\u00a0Reuters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It firmly\u00a0warned against any potential looming NATO troop movements\u00a0<\/strong>following Brussels voicing concern the day prior over the\u00a0widespread reports and videos purporting to show a significant\u00a0Russian build-up of forces along Ukraine’s eastern border.<\/p>\n

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Archive image of NATO exercises in Europe, via Allied Joint Force Command Naples<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reuters reports Russia’s Friday statement and “warning”\u00a0as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday that the situation at the contact line in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatist forces was\u00a0quite frightening and that multiple “provocations” were taking place there<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Taran, and\u00a0“condemned recent escalations of Russian aggressive and provocative actions in eastern Ukraine,”<\/strong>\u00a0the Pentagon said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Our rhetoric [over Donbass] is absolutely constructive,” Peskov\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0in response to journalists’ questions. “We do not indulge in wishful thinking. Regrettably, the realities along the engagement line are\u00a0rather frightening<\/strong>. Provocations by the Ukrainian armed forces do take place. They are not casual. There have been many of them.”<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the Russian troop movements across the border, calling the situation\u00a0“muscle-flexing” likely to lead to “provocations” for which Ukraine’s army is “ready”…<\/p>\n