Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a news briefing following the Ukraine-EU summit in Kyiv, Ukraine October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
KYIV, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said there are nearly 100,000 Russian soldiers near Ukraine's border and that Western countries had shared information about active Russian troop movements with Kyiv.
"I hope the whole world can now clearly see who really wants peace and who is concentrating nearly 100,000 soldiers at our border," he said in a video of a speech on Wednesday carried on his website.
The Russian troop movements near the Ukrainian border have spurred fears of a possible attack. Moscow has dismissed such suggestions as inflammatory and complained about increasing activity in the region by the NATO transatlantic alliance.
On Nov. 3, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry put the number of Russian troops near Ukraine's border at 90,000.
Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Mark Potter and Andrew Cawthorne
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vguy72 on November 14th, 2021 at 00:22 UTC »
Again?
WhoJustShat on November 13rd, 2021 at 23:41 UTC »
My troops are just passing by - Putin
kylorensgrandfather on November 13rd, 2021 at 22:15 UTC »
Russia is waiting for something bad to happen like a Financial Crisis and then they’ll swarm into Ukraine who is not in Nato. We just need to be slightly more distracted.