According to NATO findings, Russia is continuing its troop deployment in the border area with Ukraine, contrary to its own announcements.
“So far we have not seen any de-escalation on site.
On the contrary: Russia seems to be continuing the military build-up,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday in Brussels on the fringes of a meeting of the defense ministers of the allied states.
Russia announced on Tuesday that after maneuvers the withdrawal of troops had begun.
According to the Ministry of Defense on Wednesday, several units involved in exercises in Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea also returned to their locations.
The state agency Ria Novosti released a video showing a train with tanks and other military vehicles on the Crimean Bridge in the dark.
Responding to Russian statements, Stoltenberg said that the movement of troops and main battle tanks was not showing that there was a real withdrawal.
"They were always moving troops back and forth." The West is extremely concerned about the Russian troop build-up.
It is feared that the transfer of tens of thousands of soldiers could serve to prepare for war.
Russia rejects this.