Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and Russian troops -- all heading into Ukraine. That's what American Gen. Phillip Breedlove, the commander of NATO forces in Europe, said Wednesday that his government has seen over the past few days -- Moscow's latest such alleged incursion into the nation, parts of which remain in turmoil after months of violence. Russian officials frequently deny claims that the military has moved into disputed parts of the Ukraine, and this time is no exception. In a report from the country's state-run TASS news agency, Russian military spokesman Igor Konashenkov blasted what he called Breedlove's "alarmist anti-Russian allegations."
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A day earlier, Breedlove said Russia has moved "forces that are capable of being nuclear" into @placeholder, which was Ukrainian territory until being folded into Russia on the heels of a government turnover earlier this year.
"In many respects, this is connected with the situation in Ukraine, with fomentation of anti-Russian moods on the part of @placeholder and reinforcement of foreign military presence in the immediate vicinity to our borders," the defense minister said.