NATO Chief to Russia: ‘Step Back from the Brink’

NATO Secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has cautioned Russia against an invasion of Ukraine and called an immediate withdrawal of troops it amassed at the country's frontier. “Step back from the brink, step back from the border and [do] not use peacekeeping as an excuse for war-making,” said Rasmussen during a visit to Kyiv Thursday referring to reports that Moscow may send in troops into eastern Ukraine as “peacekeeping forces.” Speaking before reporters in Ukraine's...

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