Russia denies troop buildup at Ukraine border

REUTERS ^ | Jun 20, 2014

[McGruff]

The Kremlin on Friday denied a statement by NATO suggesting Russia was building up troops on the frontier with Ukraine but said Moscow had brought in more border guards because of security concerns.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that at least a few thousand more Russian troops were now at the frontier, and called it a regrettable step backwards following an earlier withdrawal from the border.

"There has been no build-up," Yuri Ushakov, President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy adviser, told reporters.

He said Russia was concerned about security at the border and added: "This means just the border guards are getting a few reinforcements, and troops have been withdrawn."

[1rudeboy]

RT tweeted that George Soros fired the mortar.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Putin declared war on Ukraine when he invaded their territory unprovoked. Ukraine did not attack Russia. Russia attacked Ukraine.

The stupid terrorist thugs who have siezed Donetsk and Luhansk are not anything like the American patriots. They are like the Tories who wanted the English to “come to their rescue.”

The brave Ukrainian patriots who overthrew their traitorous corrupt government are like the Founding Fathers who overthrew British rule.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

[Agog]

Some, like Putin and his ilk, have no sense of shame.

[Agog]

False flag shelling of a border post. That tune’s been played before. Poland 1939.

[AdmSmith]

Fourth World War? Did I miss one?

I assume that you still are living in it, it is called the Cold War.

As a side note: Why do Служба Внешней Разведки think that the present conflict is so important that they expose sleepers?

[free_life]

Obama the Russian Manchurian candidate President.

[mac_truck]

You can see here that Russian tanks never actually cross the border. They can fly.Unlike your weak NATO tanks.

Lol...that is an entertaining notion.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks AdmSmith.

[AdmSmith]

Are those similarities in tactics and ideology between the Russian and Serbian stories just a coincidence? Or are all dictators driven by a similar logic? It is only natural for Vladimir Putin to look to the example of Yugoslavia; after all, in the last quarter-century, Milošević was arguably the only other dictator of a collapsing empire who attempted to regain control over its former territories. And let’s not forget that some of the key figures in Russia’s operation in Ukraine have extensive Serbian war experience, which they might be directly applying in Ukraine. Read the article: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118260/putin-behaving-ukraine-milosevic-did-serbia

[AdmSmith]

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118260/putin-behaving-ukraine-milosevic-did-serbia