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AMMAN, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Russia’s troop build-up and army workouts on the border with Ukraine quantity to an escalation, German International Minister Annalena Baerbock mentioned on Friday.
“On the army aspect we’re not seeing any indicators of de-escalation however moderately the other. The Russian army build-up continues and in Belarus some 30,000 troopers carried out army workouts, partly very near the Ukrainian border,” Baerbock mentioned throughout a information convention in Amman, Jordan.
“That is why are making ready intensively for all situations, in fact with shut coordinations with our allies and with our companions within the European Union,” Baerbock added. “There’s a purple line and that is the sovereignty of Ukraine. We’re making ready with all measures and with rigour however we’re additionally concurrently working for dialogue.”
She mentioned Russia’s naval workouts within the Black and Azov Seas additionally amounted to an escalation.
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Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Writing by Joseph Nasr; Modifying by Kevin Liffey
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