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08 April 2021Russian military presence on the border with Ukraine increases.

And the United States is looking with concern and is considering sending warships to the Black Sea to show support for Ukraine in the face of the increased Russian military presence on its eastern border.

This is what a Pentagon official told CNN today, specifying that the US navy routinely operates in the Black Sea.



While a senior Moscow official at a press conference said that Russia could intervene to help its citizens in eastern Ukraine , and added that the option depends "on the scale of the conflict". 



Russia could be forced to intervene to defend its citizens if the Kiev army undertakes hostile actions in Donbass, the Ukrainian region controlled by pro-Russian separatists, Dmitry Kozak, the Kremlin's chief negotiator for the country, said at a conference. Ukraine, according to reports from the Tass agency, taken up by Reuters.



For Kosak "the conflict between Moscow and Kiev on the Donbass, the area of ​​Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, could be resolved in a year if the Minsk agreements were" applied consistently ". The immediate economic problems that would arise from reintegration of Donbass in Ukraine are, according to Kozak, the reason "why Ukraine has taken this precise position: exasperating, endless demagogic talks with no result.

And unfortunately our partners in the Normandy Format (France and Germany, ed) are moving in the same direction as Ukraine. " 



Meanwhile, according to Pentagon sources, the United States is carrying out reconnaissance activities in the international airspace over the Black Sea, to monitor Russian naval activity and any movement of troops in Crimea. At the moment, again according to the Pentagon, the United States does not see the strengthening of Russian military posts on the border as a stance for offensive action. However "if something changes , we will be ready to respond. "



According to the Pentagon official, the Russians are conducting training and exercises and intelligence has not reported military orders for other actions.  



The White House

" Russia has never had so many troops on the border with Ukraine since 2014, "said White House spokesman Jen Psaki, expressing Washington's growing concern." The United States

you are increasingly concerned about the recent escalation of Russian aggressions in eastern Ukraine - he said during the daily briefing - including the movements of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine.

"These are deeply troubling signs," he concluded.  



Merkel's phone call to Putin

The German Chancellor asked Putin, during the conversation she had with him, to reduce the Russian military presence on the border with Ukraine due to a de-escalation of tensions in the Donbass region.