Russia enlarging military presence near Ukrainian border, threat of invasion of Ukraine persists

13:14, 22.02.2017 1 min read

The threat of a full-scale military invasion of Russia in Ukraine remains at the moment, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said.

"The threat of a full-scale aggression on the part of Russia has not disappeared. And this threat is not only trickling through our uncontrolled areas in Donbas, it is hanging along the border line with Russia and even more," the president said, speaking at the operational meeting of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv on Wednesday.