The news is likely well-received by Western countries concerned about Russia’s troop movement and the possibility of an invasion of Ukraine. 'No one has ever said that Russian troops will remain on the territory of Belarus,' a Putin spokesman said.
The news is likely well received by Western countries concerned about Russia’s troop movement and the possibility Russian President Vladimir Putin will launch an invasion of Ukraine.
"No one has ever said that Russian troops will remain on the territory of Belarus, this has never been discussed," Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Putin, told Tass."We are talking about allied exercises, and, of course, it is understood that upon completion of these exercises, the troops will return to their permanent places of deployment.
U.S. lawmakers were briefed about the latest military and intelligence assessments last week. Should Russia launch a full-scale invasion, it could result in as many as 50,000 civilians injured or killed, launching a humanitarian crisis creating up to 5 million refugees, and they could overrun Ukraine in a matter of two days, according to the Washington Post.
The Biden administration has warned for weeks that Russia could create a staged reason to justify an invasion. Most recently, on the possibility of a"false flag operation," Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby warned that “we believe that Russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video, which would include corpses and actors that would be depicting mourners and images of destroyed locations.
Last week, President Joe Biden deployed roughly 3,000 troops overseas. The troops, none of whom are going to Ukraine but instead to other Eastern European allies, are separate from the U.S. troops on"heightened alert" for a possible deployment for a NATO response.At the heart of the conflict for Russia is ensuring NATO does not expand further east to include Ukraine, a former Soviet country.
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