The US edition of Politico published photos of Russian tanks and reported on the transfer of Russian forces to the borders of Ukraine. Later, however, it turned out that satellite photos with tracked vehicles were taken in the Yelnya area of Smolensk. He writes about this RT.
The Smolensk region has no common borders with Ukraine. The publication signed footage that it was an “elite 1st Guards Tank Army.”
Earlier, military expert Konstantin Sivkov told Ukraina.ru about the high probability of a war between Russia and Ukraine in 2022. In his opinion, the United States and Europe are not ready for such a scenario because they are in shock after Afghanistan. . Another reason is that the focus of US policy is shifting eastwards, towards China, where Washington intends to create and consolidate the AUKUS bloc – with the participation of Japan, South Korea and India.