article_snippet: Even more concerning would be the prospect of British troops under European command operating in the eastern Ukraine.'
article_snippet: Newly mobilized Ukrainian paratroopers wait to board a helicopter as tensions rise with Russia .
article_snippet: The disparity between the size of the Ukrainian armed forces and the Russian armed forces doesn't make that a sensible way to go. '
article_snippet: Although Mr Hammond said it was clear that 'us are not going to fight the Russians in Ukraine', the UK was providing support to Kiev. '
article_snippet: Mr Hammond said that under the peace plan agreed in Minsk, Moscow has committed to handing back control of all of Ukraine's territory, including the border with Russia, by the end of this year. '
article_snippet: us have to hold handing back control of all of Ukraine's territory, including the border with Russia, by the end of this year to that.
article_snippet: A machine gun sits inside a pro-Russian rebel trench along the front lines two kilometers from Ukrainian troops .
highlights_snippet: Comes amid growing tensions between the Russia and the EU over Ukraine .