<span style="color: #222222;">Nato's secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has called for a balanced approach with regard to rising tensions over Ukraine. He said that the alliance has no plans to deploy combat troops in the country.<br />''</span><br />''Stoltenberg  added that  the situation posed a real danger  and that nations should  continue to work for a political solution".<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Russia has placed about 100,000 troops, tanks, artillery and missiles near Ukraine's border, but denies it plans to invade the former Soviet republic, which borders both Russia and the EU.</span><br />