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NATO suspends military, civilian cooperation with Russia

Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Nato foreign ministers have agreed to suspend all practical civilian and military co-operation with Russia.
In a strongly worded statement, they condemned Russia's "illegal" annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region and praised the Ukrainian government's "restraint".
Moscow is believed to have massed tens of thousands of troops on Ukraine's eastern border in recent days, causing alarm in Kiev and the West.
Nato's top official said there was no evidence troops had been pulled out, according to a news agency.