According to US State Department spokeswoman Neda Price Russian not only are the authorities failing to downplay the Ukrainian crisis, but they are also continuing to withdraw the army to the border. “We do not see this (de-escalation). In addition, the exact opposite is now observed: in recent weeks and even days, Russian troops on the border with Ukraine have become more, not less,” he said. /p>
Price added that the situation “is a matter of great concern”, so the US “is taking all possible diplomatic steps to find a way out of this crisis.”
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According to TASS, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation On February 15, it was announced that units of the Southern and Western Military Districts had been loaded onto rail after the exercise and left for areas of permanent deployment.