Head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov: the number of Russian troops on the border will soon reach 175 thousand people can grow up to 175 thousand. Such an assessment was given by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov in an interview with Estonian Television. His words are quoted by Interfax.
“Of course, such a concentration of enemy forces on the border is real. We are well aware of this, we are watching them, and there are no surprises for us here. We are ready, “Reznikov said.
The Minister confirmed that the Ukrainian parliament is aware of this, and also noted that the intelligence data of the SBU coincides with the data of the United States.
December 4 Associated Press with citing a source in the US presidential administration, it said that, according to US intelligence services, Russia is planning an invasion of Ukraine. According to the interlocutor of the American edition, Moscow intends to deploy 175 thousand servicemen on the Ukrainian border – half of them are already in positions.
whom to attack. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov stressed that Russia has not prepared, is not preparing and will not prepare any attacks on anyone.