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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Kosovo PM says Russia is inflaming Serbia tensions as Ukraine war falters

US soldiers serving in Nato peacekeeping force Kfor guard a checkpoint on the Kosovo-Serbia border.
US soldiers serving in Nato peacekeeping force Kfor guard a checkpoint on the Kosovo-Serbia border. Photograph: Marjan Vucetic/AP

Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti, has warned of Russia inflaming tensions between his country and Serbia due to the war in Ukraine faltering, as Belgrade took its first step in deploying troops to the region.

Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, where they are in the majority, have had barricades set up for more than a week, preventing the free movement of the Kosovan authorities, despite US and EU calls for the illegal road blocks to be dismantled.

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