Russia continues to expand its troops around Ukraine's borders
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In the opinion of the American administration, the information provided by Russia about the withdrawal of part of the army from the Ukrainian border is false. The US also indicates the emergence of new units in the region. The British services have similar observations.
From the beginning of the week, Russia has announced that some of its units are withdrawing from Ukrainian borders, namely Belarus and the annexed Crimea.
"Units that have already completed their training tasks have begun returning to their home stations," the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, assured.
The head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Dmytro Kuleba, said that he would "believe in de-escalation if he saw it with his own eyes." On the other hand, commentators pointed out that since the beginning of the crisis, Russia has often been shifting its units from place to place, and the rotation has also been intensified by the fact that the Russian army is currently carrying out a series of maneuvers also outside Eastern Europe.
