Ukraine’s president says 100,000 Russian troops
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Ukraine’s president says 100,000 Russian troops amassed near border
Crimea (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Ukraine’s president has said some 100,000 Russian troops are amassed near his country’s border, as the Kremlin rebuffed allegations that the buildup reflects Moscow’s aggressive intentions, saying Russia needs to ensure its security in response to alleged NATO threats.
“I hope the whole world can now clearly see who really wants peace and who is concentrating nearly 100,000 soldiers at our border,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video statement on his website Saturday, according to a Reuters translation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed Western media reports that Moscow has intentions to invade Ukraine as a “hollow and unfounded attempt to incite tensions.”
“Russia doesn’t threaten anyone,” Peskov said during a conference call with reporters. “The movement of troops on our territory shouldn’t be a cause for anyone’s concern.”
Ukraine complained last week that Russia has kept tens of thousands of troops not far from the two countries’ borders after conducting war games in an attempt to exert further pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor. Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and has supported a separatist insurgency that broke out that year in eastern Ukraine.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ukraines-presid...ar-border/
Crimea (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Ukraine’s president has said some 100,000 Russian troops are amassed near his country’s border, as the Kremlin rebuffed allegations that the buildup reflects Moscow’s aggressive intentions, saying Russia needs to ensure its security in response to alleged NATO threats.
“I hope the whole world can now clearly see who really wants peace and who is concentrating nearly 100,000 soldiers at our border,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video statement on his website Saturday, according to a Reuters translation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed Western media reports that Moscow has intentions to invade Ukraine as a “hollow and unfounded attempt to incite tensions.”
“Russia doesn’t threaten anyone,” Peskov said during a conference call with reporters. “The movement of troops on our territory shouldn’t be a cause for anyone’s concern.”
Ukraine complained last week that Russia has kept tens of thousands of troops not far from the two countries’ borders after conducting war games in an attempt to exert further pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor. Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and has supported a separatist insurgency that broke out that year in eastern Ukraine.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ukraines-presid...ar-border/
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