U.S., Allies Weigh Response to Russian Military Buildup Around Ukraine

RIGA, Latvia—NATO foreign ministers are conference below Tuesday to calibrate a reaction to Russia’s navy buildup around Ukraine, looking for to prevent the Kremlin from any opportunity assault though generating very clear the restrictions of its help.

Issue about the Russian buildup has risen in modern months. The U.S. has briefed allies that Moscow could launch a new navy procedure in Ukraine, following its seizing of Crimea and covert invasion of its neighbor’s east in 2014. Russia, which wishes to draw the previous Soviet republic back again into its orbit, suggests it has no ideas to invade and can move troops as it needs on its sovereign territory.