Kiev raises alarm over Moscow-controlled forces increasing their combat activities in Russia-occupied eastern regions of Ukraine
Russian-backed forces in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine have fought Ukrainian troops in a conflict that Kiev says has killed 14,000 people since 2014.
Ukraine has said Russian-controlled forces in eastern Ukraine are increasing their activity and have carried out large-scale exercises in the occupied regions. Russia is "increasing the combat readiness of the Russian occupation forces in the temporarily occupied territory in Donetsk and Luhansk regions," the intelligence directorate of Ukraine's defence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.Kiev and NATO countries have expressed concern that Russian troop movements near Ukraine's borders could pave the way for a sharp military escalation.
The head of Ukraine's military intelligence told the Military Times outlet this weekend that Russia had more than 92,000 troops massed around Ukraine's borders and was preparing for an attack by the end of January or beginning of February.
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