LONDON, Dec 23, 2021 (BSS/AFP) - Britain's foreign minister on Thursday condemned the Kremlin's hawkish rhetoric on Ukraine and military build-up near the border of the ex-Soviet nation.

   "I condemn the Kremlin's aggressive and inflammatory rhetoric against Ukraine and NATO," Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement, calling troop buildup on the border of Ukraine and in Russian-annexed Crimea "unacceptable".