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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rory Sullivan

Russia does not have enough troops on border for ‘large-scale offensive’, claims Ukraine

Valentin Sprinchak/TASS

Russia has not amassed enough troops by the Ukrainian border to start a “large-scale offensive”, Ukraine’s foreign minister has suggested.

Dmytro Kuleba’s comments on Wednesday come amid growing fears in the west that the Kremlin could use the 127,000 troops it has already positioned near the territory to launch an invasion, and as Russian troops carried out military exercises near the two countries shared border.

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