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‘War is already here’: On the Russian border, Ukrainian troops wait for Putin’s big push
This is one of the most fortified frontiers in Europe, and tensions along it have risen quickly. The Globe spoke to soldiers on the border as Kyiv fears Moscow’s proxy war could turn into an invasion Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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the two countries even though it applies to all ports of entry. the policy announced by ukrainian president petro poroshenko on twitter is an attempt by his government to prevent a further land graphed by russia. it is an opportunity for private armies by the russian federation. we are in fact the representative of the russian federation russian federation s armed forces. the new travel ban comes as a report indicates that the 24 ukrainian sailors who were captured during sunday s flash off of the coast of crimea have been moved to a detention facility in moscow, raising tensions between the two countries. ukraine s parliament voted in favor of petro poroshenko s proposal to limit the law, they can impose curfews and easily mobilize military units. the new restrictions are already being felt all along the ukraine-russia border, they are feeling the escalation of the
intelligence agency is preparing for that very possibility. cnn s jim sciutto got exclusive access to america s own rocket program with the defense intelligence agency s missile and space intelligence center. reporter: a passenger plane headed from the netherlands to malaysia suddenly falls from the sky. malaysia airlines flight mh 17 brought down by the ukrai ukraine-russia border using this surface to air missile system known as the buk. the ramifications far reaching and incredibly alarming because of who may be trying to obtain similar missiles now. is there any concern today that terrorist groups would have their hands on something like this is this. i think it s probably safe to assume that at some level there are efforts under way. reporter: folks back home are going to say, my god, look at that missile, can isis get their hands on it? it would not be impossible,
joining me now on the phone is our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, what has been the reaction on this latest stance in the ukraine? well, what you re hearing is what we ve been hearing for several weeks, that russia has to de-escalate the position. the u.s. has the position that it s russian agents and provacateurs, that they have to stop that violence and they have to pull back on the 40,000 troops that u.s. says is on that ukraine-russia border. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said the big concern now is that all of this will add up to basically the