US Says Russia Adds Air Defense Systems Inside Ukraine

The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of building up air defense systems inside eastern Ukraine and of involvement in training exercises of pro-Russian separatists in the area in breach of a European-brokered cease-fire agreement. “This is the highest amount of Russian air defense equipment in eastern Ukraine since August,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a statement. She said the increasingly complex nature of the training exercises “leaves no doubt that Russia...

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