Perfectly directed according to the Soviet film school is the “ritual of departure” from the Crimea that he gave on Wednesday Moscow published. The video, posted on social media by the Russian Ministry of Defense, shows tanks and military vehicles departing on a train from the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.
Russian television broadcast night shots of a train carrying tanks crossing the bridge across the Kerch Strait, built by Moscow to unite Crimea with Russian territory.
Russia says it is implementing its announcement to withdraw Russian forces from the exercises and return to their bases.
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 train back to their permanent bases.”
Russian Ministry of Defense continues attempts to create picture of withdrawing troops, though still no signs of meaningful changes to build-up
Published video of echelon with tanks of Southern Military District withdrawing from Crimea to Russia https://t.co/xupvc38Ane pic.twitter.com/qPIhCEqZGd
– Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) February 16, 2022
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. 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”.
“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 West, however, has strong reservations. Britain has so far seen no evidence that Russia is withdrawing troops from their positions near the Ukrainian border and should be judged by its actions in de-escalating tensions in the region, the British Defense Secretary insisted. Ben Wallace on Sky News. “We have not seen any evidence of this withdrawal at this time,” he told Times Radio.
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