The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, with reference to the data of the Main Department of Intelligence of the country, stated that the borders of the republic and in the Donbas are about 90 thousand Russian servicemen, RIA Novosti reports.
In the afternoon, the American edition of Politico published satellite images, according to which, in the Smolensk region, which does not bordate to Ukraine, there is a cluster of Russian military equipment and military personnel.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the movement of military equipment and the military in its territory is the exclusive cause of Russia: she did not threaten and no one threatens to anyone, but against the background of NATO aggressive actions accepted and takes measures for its security.