Ukraine’s president says 100,000 Russian troops amassed near border

15 Kasım 2021

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This handout photo taken from a video released on Friday, April 23, 2021, by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows, Russian military vehicles stand on railway platforms to be carried back to their base after drills in Crimea. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Thursday ordered troops back to their permanent bases after a massive military buildup that caused Ukrainian and Western concerns. (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.”

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