Satellite images of Russian military equipment near the border with Ukraine published

Photos show clusters of Russian military equipment near Klimovo (13 km from the border with Ukraine), in Klinets (30 km from the border with Ukraine), in Yelnya (135 km from the border with Ukraine and 130 km from the border with Belarus) and in Pogonovo (165 km from the border with Ukraine).

The pictures show trucks, tanks and other military equipment.

Context:

Spring 2021 Russia build up troops near the border with Ukraine and in the occupied Crimea. At the end of October, the American media began to report that Russia again pulling troops to the border with Ukraine.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said on December 22 that in the zone 200 km from the country’s border there are 122 thousand Russian military.

December 17 Russian Foreign Ministry circulated Russian draft treaty with the US and agreements with NATO on so-called security guarantees. In particular, they say that the United States must commit itself to exclude further NATO expansion “eastwards”, to refuse admission to the Alliance of states that were previously part of the USSR.

On December 23, at the annual press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin answered the question Will Russia attack Ukraine. According to him, Moscow’s actions “will depend not from the negotiations [о продвижении НАТО на восток]but from the unconditional security of Russia today and in the historical perspective.

10th, 12th and 13th of January negotiations between Russia and the United States, NATO and the OSCE on security. As a result, Russia stated that did not receive any guarantees from the USA and NATO, US representatives said that before the Russian Federation worth the choice: de-escalation and diplomacy or confrontation and consequences.

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