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Kosovo Says Serbia's Behavior Same As Russia's Before Ukraine Invasion


Russian and Serbian soldiers take part in military exercises in Deliblatska Pescara, 70 kilometers northwest of Belgrade, Serbia, in 2021.
Russian and Serbian soldiers take part in military exercises in Deliblatska Pescara, 70 kilometers northwest of Belgrade, Serbia, in 2021.

Serbia's troop deployment on Kosovo's border is similar to Russia's behavior toward Ukraine before its full-scale invasion, the Kosovar foreign minister said, urging the European Union to take action against Belgrade such as freezing its candidacy status. The United States said last week it was monitoring a troubling Serbian military buildup along the Kosovo frontier that is destabilizing the area. NATO said it was authorizing additional peacekeeping forces for Kosovo. "There has never been this kind of concentration of troops in recent years," Kosovar Foreign Minister Donika Gervalla-Schwarz told German broadcaster Deutschlandfunk in an interview on October 2. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.

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