The United States said that Russia is preparing an offensive against Ukraine in the first weeks of 2022, the Associated Press reports, citing a source in the US presidential administration.
According to them, Russia is preparing to deploy up to 175,000 servicemen on the border with Ukraine, half of which are already at the appropriate points.
Also, a source from the US administration told the media about Moscow’s “plans” to send about 100 battalion tactical groups to the border areas along with armored vehicles, artillery and the necessary equipment.
Let us remind you that recently the Western media have been escalating the situation, claiming that Russia is allegedly preparing an invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has repeatedly said that Moscow is not planning any “attack”.
In turn, in Kiev, at first they denied this information and stated that they did not record the build-up of Russian troops on the border, but then they also began to warn about a “planned attack.”
Earlier, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Aleksey Reznikov said that there are 94.3 thousand Russian military personnel on the border of Ukraine with Russia and on the territory, who can be used for escalation and told how they plan to “fight against Russian aggression.”