Ukrainian Parliament Member Shares Concerns As Tensions Escalate
Newsy
Russian troops have increased training and erected tents at virtually every deployment location in Russia's west, the Crimean peninsula and Belarus.
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze is a member of Ukraine's parliament, and chairs the Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the European Union. It's part of a larger effort to turn toward the West. But the country's Eastern neighbor, under Russian President Vladimir Putin, has tried to prevent that — amassing more than 100,000 troops on the borders of Ukraine.
"Without our security, yours does not exist. And without your security, ours does not exist," Klympush-Tsintsadze said.
New satellite images show Russian troops' have increased training, and erected tents at virtually every deployment location in Russia's west, in the Crimean peninsula which it annexed, and in Belarus, some 360 miles from Ukraine's capital.
