Russia Threatens to Counter NATO Buildup as Ties Fray
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Russia will take measures against a buildup of NATO forces on its borders as regional and global security weakens with the rupture of ties between the former Cold War enemies, the country’s top military commander said.
The Ukrainian conflict is “practically a civil war” as the authorities in Kiev are using the army against “unarmed civilians,” Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian military’s General Staff, told a security conference in Moscow today. Internal conflicts “are no longer purely domestic and take on an increasingly international character.”