Ukraine – Blinken: Russian forces move but do not move away from borders

The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Wednesday that the United States had not seen any withdrawal of Russian troops from the border with Ukraine and how Moscow is moving critical units closer to the region.

Earlier, Russia said it was withdrawing other forces that had surrounded its neighbor, but many Western countries. dispute how such a thing is true. Blinken adopted this view in a television interview he gave this morning (US time), according to the APE MPE.

«There is what Russia says and then there is what Russia does. And we have not seen any withdrawal of its forcesSaid Blinken on MSNBC. «We still see critical units moving towards the border, not far from the border».

“It simply came to our notice then. “We have to see these forces move away.”

About 150,000 Russian troops are on the border, according to US estimates

US President Joe Biden yesterday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to wage a war with Ukrainereferring to “unnecessary deaths and destruction” that could be caused by Moscow and the international outcry that Putin would face.

Biden also said that the United States appreciates that 150,000 Russian soldiers encircle Ukraine, a number higher than estimates at about 100,000. He said that the information according to which some forces have withdrawn is welcome, but it is unconfirmed and how an invasion remains possible.

It is reminded that NATO – which today again called on Moscow to withdraw its troopsdenies Russia withdraws troops from border with Ukraine. A similar finding is made by the Estonian secret services, as it became known tonight.

Source: News Beast

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