Nato’s top military commander warned on Sunday that Russia was massing troops on Ukraine’s eastern border, in a show of force ahead of President Barack Obama’s arrival in Europe for talks on a united response to a crisis which has shaken the continent. Full story >>
VOCABULARY
Nato (or NATO) is an acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO is an organization to which many European countries and the US and Canada belong. They agree to give each other military help if necessary. • The bombing of Serbia by NATO forces in 1999 brought an end to the attacks of Serbian troops against the Albanians in Kosovo.