Updated On: 02 February, 2022 09:13 AM IST | United Nations | Agencies
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield shot back that Russia’s growing military force of more than 1,00,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders was “the largest mobilization” in Europe in decades, adding that there has been a spike in cyberattacks and Russian disinformation

An instructor shows how to use weapons to a group of women during training in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Sunday. Some people in Ukraine’s second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. Pic/AP
Russia accused the West on Monday of “whipping up tensions” over Ukraine and said the U.S. had brought “pure Nazis” to power in Kyiv as the U.N. Security Council held a stormy and bellicose debate on Moscow’s troop buildup near its southern neighbor.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield shot back that Russia’s growing military force of more than 1,00,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders was “the largest mobilization” in Europe in decades, adding that there has been a spike in cyberattacks and Russian disinformation.