Russia announces new military maneuvers that include “combat missions” on the border with Ukraine

the army of Russia was preparing this Friday to carry out new military maneuvers on the border with Ukrainedespite the latest negotiations to reduce tensions between Kiev and Moscow, accused by Westerners of preparing an invasion.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced in a statement that 400 soldiers would participate in a “tactical exercise” in the southern region of Russia on Friday. Rostovborder with Ukraine.

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Some 70 military vehicles, including tanks and drones, will be used in these exercises during which soldiers will train for “combat missions”.according to the same source.

These maneuvers take place in a context of high tension around Ukraine with the deployment of 100,000 soldiers on its border by Russia.

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U.S accuses Moscow of preparing an imminent invasion. Russia It denies it, but conditions a de-escalation to a list of demands that the West considers unacceptable.

Among the points that Moscow demands is the guarantee that the NATO does not expand to the east and integrate Ukraine.

Several rounds of talks to resolve the crisis have so far failed to ease tensions.

Conversely, Russia has increased its show of force in recent days.

On Thursday, several tens of thousands of Russian troops began large-scale exercises in Ukraine’s neighbor Belarus, which are supposed to end on February 20.

And on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry indicated that naval maneuvers were carried out in the Black Sea.

The Russian ships carried out a “search and destroy” exercise, the ministry said.

Russia annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2014 and provides military and financial support to pro-Russian separatists fighting Kiev’s forces in eastern Ukraine since the same year.

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Source: Elcomercio

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