US, GERMANY EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN OVER RUSSIAN TROOPS NEAR UKRAINE

Highlights

• Merkel asked her Russian counterpart to withdraw the Kremlin's military built-up near the border with Ukraine and also accused Kiev of provocative actions in the conflict region

• White House press secretary Jen Psaki said “Russia now has more troops on the border with Ukraine than at any time since 2014

• The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy too had accused Russia of ....