Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily NebenzyaUN, Feb 1Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya redirected a foreign journalist to the Russian Defense Ministry with questions about the number and deployment of Russian troops on its territory. Recently, Western media have been actively speculating about the allegedly increased military presence of Russia on the border with Ukraine, journalists repeat the figure of 100,000 military. Nebenzya has repeatedly said that he doesn't know where this figure came from.Moscow is waiting for NATO's reaction to the security message, Lavrov said «The Russian military is where they are usually located, they are not on the Ukrainian border. I don't know where the number 100 came from,» Nebenzya said at a briefing. Answering a journalist's question, he plans whether he asked the RF Ministry of Defense about “how many military men are there”, Nebenzya said: “I don’t plan to ask our Ministry of Defense. Let our Ministry of Defense speak for itself. Contact our Ministry of Defense if you want, but I don’t know why I should ask our Ministry of Defense — they have press secretaries, and they can answer questions if someone asks them.» Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and allegations of «Russian aggression» are used as a pretext to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that statements The West about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it is both ridiculous and dangerous. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not bother anyone.
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