FINANCIAL TIMES: Nato’s top military commander warned on Sunday that Russia was massing troops on Ukraine’s eastern border, in a show of force ahead of President Barack Obama’s arrival in Europe for talks on a united response to a crisis which has shaken the continent.
General Philip Breedlove, commander of US and NATO forces in Europe, said on Sunday that Russian forces just to the east of Ukraine were “very, very sizeable and very, very ready”. The forces were sufficiently large to “run” over to Transnistria on Ukraine’s south western border, he said. “Russia is acting much more like an adversary than a friend.”
The news of Russia’s military movements will increase the pressure on Mr Obama as he begins an intense few days of diplomacy on Monday with leaders from the group of seven countries. The West has struggled to counter Mr Putin’s annexation of Crimea, regarded as the most serious threat to stability in Europe since the end of the Cold War… (more)
