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The concentration of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine is now much less than it was in 2014

“When we analyze the situation on our borders, it really is a danger. An objective, real danger. Yes, [это] concentration of Russian troops. But it is significantly less than it was in 2014. When in the north of our country there are now about 40 thousand Russian military men, in 2014 there were more than 200 thousand of them. This was a completely different format, “Turchinov said.

He noted that in 2014 Ukraine “was actually not protected.”

“We did not have a combat-ready army. We had a colossal economic crisis. At that time, the treasury had about 100 thousand hryvnyas. There is such a resource for the whole of Ukraine! The army was disarmed, demoralized. There was a very complex political crisis. Plus Russian agents. The Federation worked out a large-scale sabotage project called “Russian Spring”, when they organized separatist uprisings from Kharkov to Odessa. That is, the entire east and south of our country were engulfed in separatist uprisings. It was a real danger, “the former head of the NSDC recalled.

Turchynov added that now in the Russian-occupied Crimea, Russian troops are “no more than there were in 2014,” but the Ukrainian army is an order of magnitude stronger than it was then.

Context:

  • Immediately after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia launched an armed aggression in eastern Ukraine. The fighting is between the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the one hand and the Russian army and Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the other. Officially, the Russian Federation does not recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine. According to the UN, during the conflict about 13 thousand people died.
  • July 22, 2020 Trilateral Contact Group agreed on a full and comprehensive ceasefire in Donbass since midnight on July 27. Ukrainian side regularly reports violations by the militants of the ceasefire regime.
  • At the beginning of 2021, the situation in Donbass worsened. The Joint Forces operation headquarters has repeatedly reported that the enemy is firing sniper fire. On April 1, the Office of the President of Ukraine reported that from the beginning of 2021 the Russian occupation troops in Donbas violated the ceasefire more than 570 times… After the aggravation of the situation in Donbass during 2021 killed 30 Ukrainian military, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 16
  • In late March – early April, the media and eyewitnesses began to publish video evidence that Russia was actively transfers military equipment to Crimea across the Kerch bridge and pulls troops to the border with Ukraine.
  • On March 30, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ruslan Khomchak confirmed that the Russian Federation builds up troops near the border with Ukraine and in the occupied Crimea, which “poses a threat to the military security of the state.” Ukrainian intelligence said that Russia wants to expand military presence on the territory controlled by the “DPR” and “LPR” militants through the introduction of regular units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and did not rule out an attempt to move Russian troops deep into the territory of Ukraine.
  • Against the background of the aggravation of the situation, the authorities of the Russian Federation announced control check of troops… Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on April 13 that Russia had deployed two armies and three airborne troops to the “western borders” in three weeks, all of which are involved in exercises that will be completed within 14 days.
  • According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, the current escalation by the Russian Federation in Donbass is systemic and the most ambitious in recent years.
  • Due to the escalation of the situation in Donbass, the US command in Europe announced maximum availability… According to information White House and US State Department, the number of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine is the largest since 2014.
  • RF pulled to the border with Ukraine at least 89 thousand military, by April 20, their number will increase to 110 thousand, said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov on April 14. According to him, on April 20, the process of pulling together Russian troops may end.

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