and recall that some bassa, ukraine's defense minister says russia is planning a large scale escalation along their shared border. he said 94000 russian soldiers a mobilizing and moscow will probably make a move in january. the kremlin has repeatedly dismissed suggestions. it's preparing for an attack. russia denies supporting separatists in ukraine's east, in a conflict that killed thousands of people since 2014. russia is trying to put things upside down, insisting that it's, it is a victim and it requires some security guarantees. like, but for the last, at least 7 years. and if we take into con, georgia, the aggression against georgia, it's even more, it's russia who has been aggressive. it's russia who has been pushing boundaries and it's russia who was violating international law. so i reject this idea that we have to guarantee anything to russia. i insist that it's russia who has to guarantee that it will not continue its aggression against any country. child stratford has the latest from never tried ski in ukraine. the defense minister, citing intelligent sources, both ukrainian

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