“It turns out each time that the line they are supposed to defend is moving further east. Now, it has already come close to Ukraine,” Lavrov said.

Tensions continue to rise at the Ukraine-Russia border as both sides prepare to mount defenses. The Russian Minister also said that the joining of Ukraine to NATO would “really undermine relations with the Russian Federation”. “It will be a gross violation of obligations taken by the presidents of the US and other member states of the alliance,” he added.

Lavrov also said that they intend to clarify this situation. “[We are sending] a pressing request to explain how they intend to fulfill the commitment not to strengthen their security at the expense of the security of the others,” he said. “If they don’t plan this, then they should explain why. This will be the key question in determining our further proposals that we will report to Russian President Vladimir Putin.”

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg released a statement during the press conference. “We have no plans to deploy NATO combat troops to Ukraine…Ukraine is not a NATO ally, so the 100% security guarantees that the attack on one ally will trigger a response from the whole alliance, applies to NATO allies, not to a close and valuable partner,” Stoltenberg said.

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Just yesterday, US Pentagon released a notification to about 8500 soldiers to be on high alert. Although there are no schedules for deployment, this move shows that the US is prepared to support Ukraine. There are 40,000 NATO soldiers at the border. The soldiers are composed of multi-national troops that will defend Ukraine in case of invasion.

At the moment there is an estimated build-up of 140,000 Russian troops along with their state-of-the-art equipment at the border. UK and USA began down staffing their respective embassies including their families. They have also encouraged Ukrainian citizens to leave if possible until the stand-off clears.

At the moment, there is no clear evidence to support the theory of why President Vladimir Puttin is placing troops at the border. As far as western intelligence has reported, the president is looking to install a different ruler for Ukraine. The country is trying to fight for independence as they decided to join NATO.

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