Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday that Russia would soon have more than 120,000 troops on his country's border. Kuleba called for new Western economic sanctions to deter Moscow from "further escalation."
During a videoconference of European Union foreign ministers on Monday, Poland's top diplomat, Zbigniew Rau, called for the EU to "take concrete steps to support Ukraine" and prevent a "further escalation of tension," the Polish foreign ministry said.
At the same time, he urged the preparation of "possible response scenarios should Russia decide to escalate."
Rau last week discussed the Russian military build-up near Ukraine with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Source: PAP/Reuters