Russia collided today with the open distrust of the West before your ads return to their permanent headquarters of units involved in the exercises in the southern and western constituencies, bordering Ukraine, interpreted by Kiev and its allies as preparations for an invasion.
Nothing else to announce this Wednesday the Russian Ministry of Defense the return to their usual locations of troops who participated in military exercises in the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he does not see any de-escalation.
NATO does not see de-escalation
“We have heard signals from Moscow about its readiness to continue diplomatic efforts, but for now we have not seen any de-escalation on the ground; on the contrary, it seems that Russia continues with the military reinforcementStoltenberg said in Brussels upon arrival at a meeting of allied defense ministers.
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, immediately replied and questioned the Atlantic Alliance’s ability to analyze.
“Apparently, there is a certain handicap in the NATO system for assessing the situationof the state of things”, he said at a press conference
In his opinion, it is a problem that, “certainly, does not allow NATO representatives to coolly assess the situation.”
The United Kingdom, the United States and the Ukraine also do not perceive a Russian withdrawal
The British Defense Minister, Ben Wallace, also warned today that the United Kingdom it has so far seen no “evidence” of a Russian troop withdrawal.
“In fact, we have seen a continued growth of resources, such as field hospitals and strategic weapons systems,” explained the minister, who, according to SkyNews, estimated that 60% of Russian ground forces are concentrated next to Ukraine.
“We will judge Russia for its actions and until we see a proper de-escalation I think we should all remain cautious about the Kremlin’s course.Wallace said.
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, also assured that there is no “significant withdrawal” of Russian military forces on the border with Ukraine.
“Unfortunately, there is a difference between what Russia says and what it does, and what we are seeing is not a significant withdrawal,” the head of US diplomacy told the network. ABC.
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, agreed with his Western partners, and stated that for now he has not perceived a withdrawal of Russian troops from the immediate vicinity of his country’s borders.
“We react to reality and, for now, we have not seen any withdrawal yet, we have only heard about it,” Zelensky said in an interview with the British network. BBC.
A video from the Russian Ministry of Defense shows how some railway convoys withdraw military units supposedly from Crimea in the direction of mainland Russia.
Belarus assures that Russian troops will leave its territory
Meanwhile, the Belarusian Foreign Minister, Vladimir Makéi, assured today in Minsk that the Russian troops and their weapons participating in the joint exercises with the Belarusian army Allied Determination-2022 they will leave the country at the end of these, next Sunday.
“Not a soldier, not a piece of military equipment (of the Russian army)” will remain on the territory of BelarusMakei said, quoted by the state agency Belta.
In his opinion, the two countries are carrying out the joint exercises because NATO has strengthened its presence near the borders of both countries, including recently in neighboring Poland and Lithuania.
The NATO secretary-general had said some 30,000 soldiers, fighters, Iskander missiles and S-400 air defense systems are taking part in the exercises, which he called the “largest” military deployment in Belarus since the Cold War.
Belarusian President Alexandr Lukashenko said on Monday that he will decide with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when to withdraw Russian troops from the border with Ukraine.
“We will meet in the near future and decide when, in what space of time, according to what schedule, withdraw the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from here. This is our business,” he insisted.
The Kremlin confirmed today that this meeting will take place on Friday in Moscow.
A ‘D’ Day without being
Asked if the fact that Western media predictions that Russia would attack Ukraine early today have not come to pass is the culmination of “information hysteria”, the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, responded negatively.
“Honestly, the character of how this western hysteria is developing shows that it is surely a long way from its culmination. Remission does not happen immediately; we will have to arm ourselves with patience,” he summarized.
The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zajárova, was even more incisive than her colleague from the Kremlin and opted for the mockery.
“I ask the disinformation media in the United States and the United Kingdom, such as Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Sun and others, to publish the calendar of our ‘invasions’ for next year, so that I can plan my vacations,” the diplomat wrote on her YouTube channel. Telegram. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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