NATO chief says a few thousand more Russian troops at Ukraine's border

Reuters: 19. June 2014
NATO chief says a few thousand more Russian troops at Ukraine's border

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that at least a few thousand more Russian troops were now at Ukraine's eastern border, a build-up he called a regrettable step backwards.

"We now see a new Russian military build-up around the Ukrainian border. At least a few thousand more Russian troops are now deployed," Rasmussen said in London.

New build up of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine - Russian source.

"I consider this a very regrettable step backwards. It seems Russia keeps the option open to intervene further in Ukraine," he said. "The international community would have to respond in a firm manner if Russia were to intervene further in Ukraine."

NATO Secretary General A.F. Rasmussen said on Thursday that at least a few thousand more Russian troops were now at Ukraine's eastern border

He added: "That would imply deeper ... economic sanctions against Russia which would have a very damaging effect on the Russian economy."

The Washington Post: 19. June 2014
New Russian fighter jets arrive on Ukrainian border 

Russia positions new fighter jets on Ukrainian border as a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine collapses.

New Russian Sukhoi-34 twin-seat fighter jets arrived at an air base in southern Russia on as a cease-fire agreement with Ukraine collapses amid accusations that Ukraine violated it. 

Reuters: 19. June 2014
Czech Republic sees Russia's actions against Ukraine as aggression and is ready to accept for treatment injured Ukrainian military men

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Lubomír Zaorálek.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Lubomir Zaoralek in the course of the meeting with Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov has said that his country has always supported the issue of Ukraine's territorial integrity, as well as its European prospective.

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Zaoralek has said that Czech Republic is ready to accept for treatment Ukrainian military men and civilians who have been injured during the counter-terror operation on the east of Ukraine.