Ukraine’s Poroshenko warns of ‘full-scale’ Russia invasion

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko

President Petro Poroshenko has told MPs the military must prepare to defend against a possible “full-scale invasion” from Russia, amid a surge of violence in eastern Ukraine

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1,500 Russian troops, military equipment enter Ukraine

Ukrainian servicemen patrol with a self-propelled artillery gun near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, in the region of Donetsk , on February 8, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/VOLODYMYR SHUVAYEV)

Ukrainian servicemen patrol with a self-propelled artillery gun near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, in the region of Donetsk , on February 8, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/VOLODYMYR SHUVAYEV)

Soldiers pour across the border in conflict-ravaged breakaway region

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Russian-backed rebels massing to attack key Ukrainian towns: Kiev

Ukraine Kiev bombing building

A municipal official looks through the window of a residential block, which was damaged by a shelling on Wednesday according to locals, in Donetsk, Ukraine, February 5, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov

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