Dear Sir,

I am writing regarding the article “UK deploys hundreds of troops and aircraft to eastern Europe” (October 27, 2016), saying that “tensions between Nato members and Russia have been heightened since Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014 and Ukraine descended into civil war as a result”.

I would like to stress the importance of using correct wording when describing the situation in Eastern Ukraine so that the readers are not misled about the real essence of the conflict.

The international community, including the leading international organizations as the United Nations, EU, OSCE and the Council of Europe have clearly recognized that there is nothing but a Russian aggression against Ukraine which has led to the illegal annexation of Crimea and the military aggression in the East of Ukraine. In total, Russia has occupied 47,000 km2 of Ukrainian territories which is more than the territory of a number of European states.