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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg pays his respect to "the Ukrainian armed forces, which are really proving their bravery and their courage by fighting and standing up against the much larger invading Russian force." SOUNDBITE
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia seems to be building up its forces around Ukraine, despite Moscow announcing the pullback of more forces from the border. SOUNDBITE
Russian Defence ministry images show drills on the military training fields of Kuzminskiy and Kadamovskiy, near Rostov-on-Don, less than 50 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. According to the ministry, more than 2.5 thousand servicemen of the Southern Military District took part in the combat training events, about 100 T-72B3 tanks were involved. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warns Russia against any aggression after "large and unusual concentrations of Russian forces" were spotted at Ukraine's border in recent weeks. SOUNDBITE
Russian Air Force helicopter teams practice shooting drills near the Ukrainian border. Rough Cut (no reporter narration),
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine has an "urgent, critical need for more air defence", at a G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capri. Ukraine has struggled on the battlefield for months, outgunned and outnumbered by Russian forces amid a shortage of Western military aid. SOUNDBITE