Another step towards de-escalation of tension in the Ukrainian seemed to take Moscow on Wednesday. Russia’s Defense Ministry has released a video showing tanks and military vehicles leaving the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014, after completing military exercises there.
The deployment of Russian troops in Crimea has fueled concerns about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement: “Units of the Southern Military District, which have completed their participation in regular high schools in test areas of the Crimean peninsula, are headed by trains back to their permanent bases.”
Russian television broadcast night images from a train carrying tanks crossing the bridge across the Kerch Strait, built by Moscow to unite Crimea with Russian territory.
On Tuesday, Russia announced the “partial” withdrawal of its troops, who had been deployed for weeks on the border with Ukraine, as a sign of the escalation of the crisis.
Europeans and Americans are still waiting for evidence of a mass withdrawal of Russian troops, but at the same time they are optimistic. Moscow has not specified how many troops have withdrawn from the border with Ukraine, nor the timetable for their withdrawal.
More than 100,000 Russian troops are deployed near the Ukrainian border, according to the West.
At the same time, the joint Russian-Belarusian military high schools continue until February 20.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov described the scenarios for a Russian attack as “empty and unfounded” on Tuesday. “They serve as a ploy to escalate tensions,” he said, adding that Russia “poses absolutely no threat to anyone.”
However, Peshkov still did not rule it out “Possibility of provocation” which “aims to justify such allegations”, and warned that “efforts to use military force to resolve the crisis in south-eastern Ukraine will have serious consequences”.
“They over-advertise war scenarios”
“War scenarios are deliberately advertised, and for a specific reason,” said Russian Ambassador to Italy Sergei Razov, who made it clear that Moscow was not backing down on Ukraine’s accession to NATO.
Moscow intends to continue talks on security guarantees, which are Russia’s priority, Sergei Razov said in an interview with RAI 1.
“Western leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Solz, stated that Ukraine’s accession to NATO is not an issue today. But what will happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? “There are no guarantees, and that is why Russia will continue talks on these issues, which are a priority for Russia,” he said.
Razov claimed that Russia conducts annual military exercises in about the same areas.
It is recalled that today the West estimated that Russia would invade Ukraine, a catastrophic scenario, which for the time being, seems to be receding with diplomacy gaining ground.
“As far as Russia is concerned, I can assure you that there will be no attack today Wednesday. “There will be no escalation next week or next – not next month,” EU Ambassador Vladimir Tsizov told Die Welt, published in a German newspaper.
The sermon of Joe Biden
Indicative is the disgust of Joe Biden during his sermon yesterday. “The United States is ready, no matter what happens. We are ready with diplomacy, engage in diplomacy with Russia and our allies and partners to improve stability and security in Europe as a whole. And we are ready to answer decisively in a possible Russian attack on Ukraine, which is still very likely. “All the events of the last weeks and months, this was our approach and it remains our approach now,” said the American president.
At the same time, the West is trying to interpret the moves of Vladimir Putin, who, before meeting with Olaf Solz, harshly commented on US scenarios for an impending Russian invasion. “Isn’t the exact time when the war will start being published?” He said characteristically.
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