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21 of January, 18:48

Kiev said as if 50 thousand Russian military along the border with Ukraine
Ukraine declares that the Russian Federation as if " concentrated along the Russian-Ukrainian state border, more than 50 thousand Russian soldiers in a state of full combat readiness ".

Ukraine and Western countries have repeatedly stated that in Russia at the border with Ukraine, as if it accumulate troops. The evidence to date was not provided. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation called the statement " public unsubstantiated innuendo, Authorized the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation also periodically has denied these allegations. International inspection did not record any violations of the Russian Federation on the border line with Ukraine, as well as among them undeclared military activities.

" according to the competent authorities of the Russian Federation concentrated along the Russian-Ukrainian state border, more than 50 thousand Russian soldiers in a state of full combat readiness were deployed in close proximity to the territory of Ukraine armament and military equipment, which has not Previously been stationed in the border areas of the Russian Federation ", - reported in the notes to the official envoy of the foreign Ministry of Ukraine Yevhen Perebiynis from Ukraine on Wednesday.

" considering this, Ukraine January 20, addressed to the appropriate communication channel of the OSCE to the Russian Federation with a request to formally inform the objectives, areas of the Russian Federation specified military activity, the date of its completion, as well as names, subordination, the number and types of units and parts that take part in it. Automatically this request dispersed network of all OSCE participating States. According to the Vienna document, Russia is obliged to provide appropriate explanation within 48 hours from the time of receipt of the request, i.e. on 22 January, " says the Ukrainian foreign Ministry.

earlier this week the Council of national security and defense of Ukraine said that two battalion-size task force " military power of the Russian Federation, as if it crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border. The defense Ministry has called these statements Kiev "absolute nonsense" that " defies any criticism ". For reviews of the Ministry of defence, statement of Kiev about the "Russian invasion" in Ukraine at the beginning of the world economic forum in Davos nonrandom, it is an attempt to sell a pig in a poke financial donors.

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