According to the & nbsp; interlocutors, Russia has not yet & nbsp; decided what & nbsp; will do with & nbsp; np; troops which & labs & labs ; borders of Ukraine ''. However, U.S. Intelligence takes the & nbsp; invasion threat seriously and & nbsp; do not & nbsp; believe that & nbsp; is a bluff, sources noted.
In & nbsp; and & nbsp; the United States is “ pushing '' European countries to & nbsp; cooperation in & nbsp; development of a package of economic and & nbsp; military measures for & nbsp; containment of Moscow, writes NYT.
In particular, the head of US National Intelligence Avril Haynes visited Brussels this week, and Washington also shared intelligence with Ukraine. < p>US officials told the allies that & nbsp; the Russian authorities were “ disappointed with the peace process '' that France and & nbsp; Germany launched in & nbsp; 2014 after Crimea joined & nbsp; Russia and & nbsp; the outbreak of an armed conflict in & nbsp; eastern Ukraine.
a number of former American officials, Moscow may intend to provide a safe land corridor between the unrecognized republics of Donbass and Crimea.
Since & nbsp; the end of October in the & nbsp; media began to appear reports about & nbsp; that & nbsp; Russia is building up its military forces on the & nbsp; border with & nbsp; Ukraine. About this, in & nbsp; in particular, The Washington Post wrote. And & nbsp; newspaper Politico published satellite images. On & nbsp; they, presumably, captured the accumulation of tanks of the Russian armed forces near & nbsp; the city of Yelnya in & nbsp; Smolensk region, about & nbsp; 250 & nbsp; km from & nbsp; border with & nbsp; Ukraine.
On & nbsp; Ukraine initially said that & nbsp; not & nbsp; & nbsp; ; see the activity of the Russian military at the & nbsp; border. But & nbsp; later, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that & nbsp; Western partners informed him about the & nbsp; situation.
Russian authorities data on & nbsp; possible 'invasion' on & nbsp; Ukraine was called empty injection. Speaking about the & nbsp; current situation, the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov recalled the & nbsp; unplanned exercises of the United States and & nbsp; their & nbsp; NATO allies in the & nbsp; Black Sea, in & nbsp; in connection with & nbsp; what & nbsp; Russia, according to him, should & nbsp; he “ be on the lookout. ''
President Vladimir Putin also noted that & nbsp; Ukraine violated the Minsk agreements by using the Bayraktar combat drone in Donbas. “ It seems that we are just, we are not allowed to relax. Well, let them know that & nbsp; we & nbsp; and & nbsp; do not & nbsp; relax & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said & nbsp; he.
At the same time & nbsp; the Russian authorities have repeatedly stated that & nbsp; Russia did not & nbsp; threaten anyone and & nbsp; poses no & nbsp; for & nbsp; anyone danger. The movement of troops across the & nbsp; territory of the country & nbsp; & mdash; this is an exclusively internal matter, said Peskov.