Russian-controlled forces in eastern Ukraine are increasing combat readiness and have carried out large-scale exercises, the intelligence directorate of Ukraine's defence ministry said on Tuesday, Kyiv's latest warning of a potential new conflict.
Ukraine and NATO countries have expressed concern that Russian troop movements near Ukraine's borders could pave the way for an assault.
Major fighting in eastern Ukraine ended with a ceasefire in 2015, but a conflict which has killed thousands of people remains unresolved and clashes take place regularly. The head of Ukraine's military intelligence told the Military Times outlet this weekend that Russia had more than 92,000 troops massed around Ukraine's borders and was preparing for an attack by the end of January or beginning of February.
Russia's foreign intelligence agency on Monday compared current tensions with the build-up to a brief 2008 war in which Russian forces crushed those of neighbouring
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