Russia adopting ‘aggressive posture' in Ukraine: Obama

US President Barack Obama speaks to reporters following a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, May 26, 2015. (AFP photo)

US President Barack Obama has accused Russia of adopting an “increasingly aggressive posture” in Ukraine.

Obama made the remarks on Tuesday at the White House in Washington, DC, after discussing the Ukraine crisis there with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

"We had a chance to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the increasingly aggressive posture that Russia has taken," Obama said after meeting with Stoltenberg.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (center) speaks during a meeting with US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, May 26, 2015. (AFP photo)

Relations between the United States and Russia are at their lowest point since the end of the Cold War in 1991, largely due to the crisis in Ukraine.

The ties deteriorated after US-backed forces ousted the Ukraine’s elected president Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014.

The US and its allies accuse Moscow of sending troops into eastern Ukraine in support of the pro-Russian forces. Moscow has long denied involvement in Ukraine's crisis.

Moscow says Washington is responsible for the escalating tension in Ukraine through sending arms in support of the Ukrainian army.

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