DHAKA: Nato`s military commander in Europe has issued a warning about the build-up of Russian forces on Ukraine`s border.

Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen Philip Breedlove said Nato was in particular concerned about the threat to Moldova`s Trans-Dniester region, BBC reported.

Russia said its forces east of Ukraine complied with international agreements.

The build-up has been linked to Russia`s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, following the removal of Ukraine`s pro-Moscow president.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia warned that the risk of war with Russia was growing.

"The problem with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is that he doesn`t want to talk to - not only to the Ukrainian government - but also to the Western leaders," Mr Deshchytsia told the BBC.

The Russian ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, has said that Russia did not have any "expansionist views"

"And this is quite a danger for the decision-making process. We could only expect that he might invade."

Meanwhile, several parts of Crimea have been hit by power cuts blamed on technical problems in a transmission line from the Ukrainian mainland to the Black Sea peninsula.

Crimea`s power provider Krymenergo said in a statement on its website that it was forced to implement partial power cuts after a line run by Ukraine`s national electricity company, Ukrenergo, was hit by a technical fault and needed to be repaired.

Most of Crimea`s electricity, as well as its water and food, comes from the Ukrainian mainland.

BDST: 1040 HRS, MAR 24, 2014