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| Subject: Russia warns US-led military exercises may have 'explosive consequences' Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:39 pm | |
| Moscow has warned that US-led military exercises in western Ukraine that began today may have 'explosive consequences' and threaten to derail the peace process in the separatist east.
Ukrainian and U.S. troops launched fresh drills involving 1,800 soldiers from 18 countries, aimed at bolstering the morale of the armed forces involved in the ongoing 15-month conflict with pro-Russian separatists.
But Russia's foreign ministry issued a response just hours after the exercises started near Ukraine's border with Poland.
'The military drills involving NATO members and Ukraine's army that started in Lviv region under U.S. command are a clear demonstration of NATO's provocative policy to unequivocally support the policies of current Kiev authorities in eastern Ukraine,' the foreign ministry said in a statement.
'Not only is NATO not ready to recognize the wrongness and possible explosive consequences of holding such drills but it is considerably increasing their scope.
'These actions... may threaten to disrupt the visible progress in the peace process concerning the deep internal crisis in Ukraine.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3168430/Russia-warns-led-military-exercises-explosive-consequences-1-800-troops-18-countries-begin-morale-boosting-training-drills-western-Ukraine.html |
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