демонстрация готовности применить силу(Putin ordered the urgent four-day drill of armed forces in western Russia, which borders some parts of Ukraine though not the Crimea region, to the south on Wednesday. Moscow is insisting the exercises are routine drills, but they have been widely interpreted as sabre-rattling by Putin. Russia also reportedly put fighter jets near the border on alert as it warned of a tough and uncompromised response to violations of compatriots' rights. 4uzhoj)
бряцание оружием(NATO defence ministers were meeting in Brussels on Thursday, with the crisis high on their agenda. Chuck Hagel, the US defence secretary, was expected to address Russia's sabre-rattling at the end of the day's meetings, and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance's secretary-general, cautioned the Kremlin against acting precipitously 4uzhoj)
