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Defense Secretary Nominates New Army and Navy Chiefs U.S. National Security and Military News Review NATO: Russia Has Equipped Ukraine Rebels to Attack at Short Notice Thursday May 14 th , 2015  at  9:47 AM Washington Free Beacon 1 Share Pro-Russian rebels participate in a military training exercise / AP BY:  Reuters By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s chief said on Monday that Russia had built up forces on the border with Ukraine and sent more military hardware into eastern Ukraine, enabling pro-Russia separatists to launch attacks with little warning if they chose. “There has been a Russian build-up, both along the borders between Russia and Ukraine but also inside eastern Ukraine, with a steady flow of heavy equipment, tanks, artillery, ammunition, air defense systems and a lot of training,” alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference. “So they have the capacity, the capability to launch new a