Tensions spiked anew over Ukraine after the United States and its allies said Russia had not drawn down troops as it claimed.
A day after Moscow had said it was returning troops to bases, the NATO allies said Russia is actually building up border forces near Ukraine. At the same time, separatist authorities in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine are reporting an increase in Ukrainian shelling along a tense line of contact in the east. Ukraine disputes the claim.
