Russia has increased its military activity near the border with Ukraine markedly since late last week, a Reuters reporting team said after making return visits to the frontier zone where NATO says Moscow has amassed 40,000 troops. Russia's military moved equipment and weaponry around the border area on April 16 but there was no clear evidence they were preparing either to pull back or advance.
Reuters: Russian military activity increases near Ukraine border since last week
Russian soldiers prepare to fire their Msta-S self-propelled howitzer during military exercises in the southern Russia's Volgograd region, on April 2, 2014.
