The international community has focused on Russia’s buildup of forces on territory adjoining Ukraine, concerned that such a concentration of military power will be used against its neighbor. But as Moscow routinely insists, it has the right to shift its forces on its own territory at all. It would only be a problem if it sent them across the border.
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Paul Goble: Russia violating international law by closing Kerch Straits
This picture taken on Dec. 23, 2019, shows the Crimean Bridge that spans the Kerch Strait, a narrow strip that links the Azov and Black seas.
