Ukraine Warns of 'Full-Scale War' As Russia Makes Sure Troops Ready Near Border
By Tom O'Connor On 11/27/18 at 6:22 PM
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has warned that a conflict may be imminent as Russia began testing troops near its border with his country and a political crisis between the two continued to escalate.
Moscow and Kiev have been at major odds since Russia annexed the neighboring Crimean Peninsula from its former Soviet ally in an internationally contested referendum in 2014, the same year it was accused by Kiev and the U.S.-led NATO Western military alliance of backing an eastern separatist insurgency in Donbas. Russia's violent engagement of three Ukrainian vessels, which have been seized and their crews arrested, has further spurred tensions.
"I don't want anyone to think this is fun and games. Ukraine is under threat of full-scale war with Russia," Poroshenko said Tuesday in an interview with national television, according to Agence France-Presse.
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