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| Russia has 9,000 troops on Ukrainian soil, Poroshenko tells Davos forum |
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the World Economic Forum on
Wednesday that Russia had 9,000 troops on Ukrainian soil and he called
on Moscow to withdraw them.
In a speech to the forum in Davos, Switzerland, he said the
Russian troops were backed by a range of heavy weapons including tanks
and artillery systems.
"If this is not aggression, what is aggression?" Poroshenko
asked. He called on Moscow to comply with a peace plan and cooperate in
closing the long joint border with Ukraine and withdrawing Russian
forces.
Source: news.yahoo.com
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