An indirect answer to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg appeared to be given by the Belarusian Foreign Minister on Wednesday.
“No soldier “The equipment will not remain in Belarus after the completion of the joint military exercises,” the Belarusian Foreign Minister insisted.
On Tuesday, Jens Stoltenberg said it would be easy for Russia to attack quickly if it left equipment behind. He commented that Russia had withdrawn troops in the past, only to restore them.
“What we need to see is a substantial withdrawal of troops, not only troops but also equipment,” he clarified.
She made plans for the withdrawal of her forces from Crimea 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.
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.”
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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