PHOTOS: Behind the frontlines in Ukraine as tensions with Russia rise
The Kremlin has denied the U.K. claim, but as Russia continues to amass forces on all sides of Ukraine's border and theand nonessential staff from the American Embassy in Kyiv this week, Ukrainian soldiers and volunteer fighters are preparing for possible clashes with Russian forces.
An Ukrainian Military Forces member watches through spyglass in a dugout on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near the Gorlivka, Donetsk region on Jan. 23. Photo: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images A member of Ukraine's 30th Army Brigade in Svitlodarsk. Photo: Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defence unit train in a forest on Jan. 22 in Ukraine's capital. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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