Russian ‘troop build-up’ near Ukraine alarms Nato
Thousands of Russian troops have allegedly massed near Ukraine, but Russia does not confirm it. …
The rebels in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine also rely on Russian help. Western governments say Russia has deployed regular troops there, along with heavy weapons. That is denied by the Kremlin, which says Russian “volunteers” are helping the rebels, who seized a swathe of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in April 2014.