(Morning Newsletter) U.S The number of army troops has increased to 1.9 million, which is the Second World WarThe most important military mobilization in Europe has since.
Reuters reported that Michael Carpenter, Ambassador of the United States Ambassador to European Security and Cooperation Organization, said at the meeting on Friday (February 18) that since the end of last month, the Ukraine borderThe number of Russian soldiers may be nearly doubled, and the number of soldiers is significantly higher than the known quantity.
He said that Russia may gather 169,000 to 190,000 personnel in Ukraine and nearby, while the number of people on January 30 is about 100,000.He said these personnel include separatists, national guards, and separatists in the Ukraine, and the eastern part of Ukraine.He described that this was the most significant military mobilization in Europe since World War II.
Ukraine said on the same day that there are currently 149,000 Russian troops around Ukraine.Ukraine Minister of Defense Lezonikov said that Ukraine has evaluated all possible situations, and the results of the current assessment are that the possibility of a large -scale upgrade of the security situation is low.
Russia once again emphasized that there is no plan to attack Ukraine this week, and Moscow officials repeatedly reprimand the so -called "invasion" warnings as "hysteria" behavior and rumors.
