NATO chief - Putin comment on NATO legion in Ukraine is 'nonsense'


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  • Monday, 26 Jan 2015

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg dismissed as "nonsense" allegations made by Russian President Vladimir Putin that a NATO legion was fighting alongside Ukraine government troops in the east of the country.

"The statement that there is a NATO legion in Ukraine is nonsense. There is no NATO legion," Stoltenberg told reporters on Monday.

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