Russia holds nuclear drills, U.S. says Russian forces ‘poised to strike’ Ukraine

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  • Russian forces near Ukraine starting to ‘uncoil’ – U.S.
  • Separatists in east Ukraine call for military mobilisation
  • Kremlin says Putin starts nuclear drills, no invasion plan

DONETSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Russia’s strategic nuclear forces held exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, and Washington accused Russian troops massed near Ukraine’s border of moving forward and being “poised to strike”.

With Western fears of war rising, foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich nations said they had seen no evidence that Russia is reducing military activity near Ukraine’s borders and remained “gravely concerned” about the situation.Report ad

After Kyiv and Moscow traded accusations over new shelling incidents near the border, France and Germany urged all or some…

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