MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) – There is a growing Russian military presence at Ukraine’s borders, Western countries warned on Wednesday, as Estonia said battle groups were moving ahead of a likely attack to occupy “key terrain,” contradicting Moscow’s insistence of a pullback.
More armored vehicles, helicopters and a field hospital have been spotted, Britain’s defense intelligence chief said in rare public comments.
Up to 7,000 more troops have moved to the border in recent days, including some arriving on Wednesday, a senior official in U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said, without providing evidence.
BEIJING, Feb 16 (Reuters) – China accused the United States of “playing up the threat of warfare and creating tension”, as U.S. President Joe Biden warned that more than 150,000 Russian troops were still massed near Ukraine’s borders following Moscow’s announcement of a partial pullback.
Western nations have suggested arms control and confidence-building steps to defuse the stand-off, which has prompted them to urge their citizens to leave Ukraine because an attack could come at any time. Russia denies it has any plans to invade.
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The Catholic bishop of Kiev, Vitalii Kryvytskyi, has warned of negative side effects for the people of Ukraine from irresponsible news stories stoking fears of war with Russia.
“We see very different media approaches to the crisis, the various media provide different interpretations,” Bishop Kryvytskyi told the Italian magazine Famiglia Cristiana. “On the one hand, some media try to tell the objective facts, others express reflections and opinions that are to the detriment of Ukraine.”
“Ukraine is already suffering: investors try to take money out of our country, the national currency is devalued and prices rise, airlines stop flights into our territory, some of the embassies have withdrawn their diplomatic corps, and many people think of emigrating,” the bishop said.
“And all this because of news spread without being justified by real and objective reasons,” he added.
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