During his visit to Ukraine today, EU foreign policy official Josep Burrell said that Russia is increasing its military build - up along the border with Ukraine. Burrell stressed that the

conflict on the Ukrainian - Russian border is deepening further and tensions are growing more thankful.

The Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Koleba, said his country's army was "much stronger" than it had been in 2014, adding that it could respond to any blow from Russia.

On his personal Twitter account, Dmitro Kolbia tweeted today: "The first ever European Union visit to Donbass since Russia" launched this war, "a sign of the unity of Ukraine and the European Union in the face of the growing" Russian threats "and the strength of our diplomacy for peace, security and justice in Europe."