The U.S. general who is NATO's senior commander in Europe has said that there is a large number of Russians providing "backbone guidance and training" to separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, and promised that the United States will support Ukraine in the face of an "immediate threat from Russia" to its sovereignty.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: US general voices concern about Russian forces in Ukraine
US Air Force General Philip Breedlove, US European Command Commander and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Supreme Allied Commander, holds a media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, Nov. 3, 2014.
