US confirms Russia has ‘significant military capacity’ along Ukraine’s borders

By Joel Gehrke

Published December 17, 2018 9:06pm ET

US confirms Russia has ‘significant military capacity’ along Ukraine’s borders — A Russian military truck carries a MSTA-S self-propelled howitzer about 10 kilometers from the Russia-Ukrainian border control point at town Donetsk, Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. Ukrainian government troops were fighting pro-Russian rebels in the streets of Luhansk on Tuesday and captured most of a town near the eastern city of Donetsk, tightening the noose around that key rebel-held stronghold, Ukrainian officials said. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) | Pavel Golovkin

Russia has amassed “significant military capacity” on Ukraine’s borders, a top U.S. diplomat confirmed Monday amid fears Russia has its eyes on another piece of the country.

“That is all true,” U.S. Special Representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker told reporters Monday.

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