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NATO Secretary General claims Russian troops again concentrating on Ukrainian border

"I consider this a very regrettable step backwards and it seems that Russia keeps the option to intervene further," NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says

NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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