Also material assistance from our partners like Germany," Chentsov said, adding that the intention is not to attack Russia, but to be able to protect Ukraine in the event of further military aggression. She added that it is "hard" not to see this move as a "threat." Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials have complained about Germany's reluctance on sending defensive weapons to help out Kyiv. Germany's Foreign Affairs Minister Annalena Baerbock - who is among the recent flurry of European politicians to visit Ukraine - said in Moscow on Tuesday that there is "no understandable reason" for the Russian military buildup close to Ukraine. "We witnessed gradual evolution of the EU position towards Ukraine, towards the crisis," he said, mentioning the various statements and visits from European officials to Kyiv. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made no bones about the fact that he thinks the breakup of the Soviet Union was a catastrophe for Russia, once describing it as the "greatest geopolitical tragedy" of the 20 th century. Republican Senator Mitt Romney told NBC on Sunday that he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to reestablish a "type of Soviet Union" and "that can't be allowed to happen." Geopolitical analysts suggest that Moscow's actions, and any incursion, would be an attempt to boost Russian influence in other parts of the region. officials are warning that Russia could be weighing a potential invasion of the former Soviet republic Ukraine, with the Kremlin moving 100,000 troops close to the border. And it has supported a pro-Russian uprising in the east of the country where low-level fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian troops has continued ever since. Relations between the Kremlin and its European counterparts hit a low in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. "It's already gone," he said regarding the Soviet bloc which collapsed in 1991.
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