NATO Chief Warns Ukraine Risks Spinning ‘Out of Control’
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The standoff between Russia and NATO members could “spin out of control” as the Kremlin continues to violate cease-fires in Ukraine and its warplanes challenge alliance airspace, the military bloc’s chief said.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization jets have intercepted more than 400 Russian planes so far this year, a 50 percent increase from all of 2013, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Brussels today at a meeting of foreign ministers from the 28 alliance member states.