NATO commander accuses Russia of destabilising eastern Ukraine


  • World
  • Wednesday, 04 Jun 2014

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's top military commander accused Russia on Wednesday of destabilising eastern Ukraine through the use of Russian-backed forces and demanded that it stop interfering.

While a majority of the troops Russia had close to the Ukrainian border - previously estimated by NATO at 40,000 - had withdrawn or were in the process of withdrawing, some appeared intent on staying, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe, said.

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