KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's foreign minister said Thursday that Russia was
flagrantly threatening Ukraine with destruction, as Western countries raise the
alarm over an escalation of the separatist conflict.
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Foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said during a press conference that Russian
pundits and officials are "openly threatening Ukraine with war and the
destruction of Ukrainian statehood."
"We condemn Russia's aggravation of the security situation, Moscow's
actions and statements aimed at escalating military tensions and undermining
diplomatic efforts to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict," Kuleba
said.
"The red line of Ukraine is the state border. If Russia crosses the red
line, then it will have to suffer," he added.
Kiev has been fighting pro-Russian separatists in two breakaway regions in
the east of the country since 2014 when Moscow annexed the Crimean peninsula
from Ukraine.
Ukraine this week accused Russia of massing thousands of military personnel
on its northern and eastern borders and a recent increase in fighting has
upended a ceasefire agreement last year that had brought relative calm to the
conflict.
Ukraine and its Western allies accuse Russia of sending troops and arms to
prop up the separatists — claims that Moscow denies.
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