A serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces takes part in military drills at a training ground near the border with Russian-annexed Crimea in Kherson region, Ukraine on November 17 2021. Picture: REUTERS/ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE
Kyiv’s aspirations for integration with the West triggered a major standoff with Moscow in recent years. The Kremlin went on to annex the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and then backed rebels fighting government troops in the east of the country. That conflict killed 14,000 people, according to Kyiv, and is still simmering.
Two Russian troop build-ups this year on Ukraine’s borders have alarmed the West. In May, Russian troops there numbered 100,000, the largest since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Western officials say. Nato members Britain and Germany echoed Blinken’s warning. “We will stand with our fellow democracies against Russia’s malign activity,” said British foreign secretary Liz Truss. “Any action by Russia to undermine the freedom and democracy that our partners enjoy would be a strategic mistake.”
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