February 1, BPN. Russia is ready to increase its presence on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, US Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on January 31 at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine.
She stated that Russia has already “moved nearly 5,000 troops into Belarus, with short-range ballistic missiles, special forces, and anti-aircraft batteries.” Washington is convinced that by early February Russia “intends to expand that presence to more than 30,000 troops near the Belarus-Ukraine border, less than two hours north of Kyiv.”
So far, according to the US diplomat, Russia has “assembled a massive military force of more than 100,000 troops along Ukraine’s border.” “These are combat forces and special forces prepared to conduct offensive actions into Ukraine,” Thomas-Greenfield said. She stressed that this was the largest mobilization of troops in Europe in decades.
Moreover, according to the US representative, Russia is spreading disinformation through state-owned media and pro-government websites, “attempting, without any factual basis, to paint Ukraine and Western countries as the aggressors to fabricate a pretext for attack.”
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