Kiev has no data on the concentration of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine | News from Germany about Ukraine

Information about the buildup of Russian troops on the borders of Ukraine, as previously reported by The Washington Post, has not been confirmed. This was announced on Sunday, November 7, by the press secretary of the President of Ukraine Serhiy Nikiforov in the program “Look from Bankova” on the “Dom” TV channel.

A question that has not yet been answered

“The question remains open why the American media disseminate such information, whether it is true. But the president’s office at the moment does not have any supporting information,” the speaker said and added that earlier at a meeting with President Zelensky, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense presented a security report. however, it did not confirm that there was a concentration of Russian troops above normal levels on the borders.

The Washington Post reported on October 30 that officials in the United States and European countries have expressed concern that they are allegedly observing the transfer of Russian forces to the border with Ukraine. Western countries have begun to notice these movements in recent weeks, in particular after Russia completed the West-2021 joint exercise with Belarus in mid-September, the American newspaper said.

Later, the American media organization Politico released satellite images of a cluster of military equipment near the city of Yelnya in the Smolensk region, which borders Belarus, but does not adjoin Ukraine. In November, CNN sources reported that the visit to Moscow by the head of the CIA, William Burns, who was sent on a working trip by US President Joe Biden, allegedly to warn the Russian side and find out what motivates its military activity.

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