{"id":117334,"date":"2021-04-05T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T04:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=117334"},"modified":"2021-04-05T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T04:00:59","slug":"eu-has-severe-concern-over-russian-activity-near-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=117334","title":{"rendered":"EU has \u2018severe concern\u2019 over Russian activity near Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/EU-has-severe-concern-over-Russian-activity-near-Ukraine.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/EU-has-severe-concern-over-Russian-activity-near-Ukraine.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BRUSSELS, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; European Union foreign policy chief<br>Josep Borrell pledged the bloc\u2019s \u201cunwavering\u201d support for Kiev as<br>he expressed major worries over Russian troop movements around Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFollowing with severe concern the Russian military activity surrounding<br>Ukraine,\u201d Borrell tweeted after a Sunday phone call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnwavering EU support for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial<br>integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borrell said he would hold further talks on the issue with Kiev\u2019s top<br>diplomat and foreign ministers from the EU\u2019s 27 nations at a meeting later<br>this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine this week accused Russia of massing thousands of military personnel on its northern and eastern borders as well as on the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kremlin did not deny the recent troop movements, but insisted that<br>Moscow was \u201cnot threatening anyone\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reports of a buildup have swirled amid an escalation of armed clashes<br>along the front line between Ukraine\u2019s forces and Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long-simmering conflict has claimed more than 13,000 lives since 2014,<br>according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Western leaders \u2014 including new US President Joe Biden \u2014 have said they<br>are standing by Ukraine. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRUSSELS, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; European Union foreign policy chiefJosep Borrell pledged the bloc\u2019s \u201cunwavering\u201d support for Kiev ashe expressed major worries over Russian troop movements around Ukraine. \u201cFollowing with severe concern the Russian military activity surroundingUkraine,\u201d Borrell tweeted after a Sunday phone call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. \u201cUnwavering EU support for Ukraine\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":117335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117334"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}