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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says there is a real threat of full-scale aggression from the Russian Federation and notes that the enemy is preparing for it.

“A threat of a full-scale war is not just words. It is completely real, especially in light of the enemy’s ongoing military preparations. The preparations are being conducted near the border of Ukraine, in Smolensk, Voronezh, Belgorod, Rostov regions and in the territory of annexed Crimea,” Poroshenko said at a meeting with senior officials of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kyiv on Tuesday.