In Ukraine, they doubted the full-scale «invasion» of Russia

Ukrainian military in the Luhansk region. File photoMOSCOW, Feb 7Russia does not have enough troops near Ukraine's borders to launch full-scale operations, former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodniuk claims in an interview with the British Guardian newspaper. Ukraine, but we still do not see the 200,000 troops that are needed for a full-scale invasion,» Zagorodnyuk said. He called the situation as a whole «very difficult», although he stressed that he did not believe in the inevitability of the Russian «invasion».< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/c1eadb390f8cd0db8575d223960a0c66.jpg" />The German Chancellor explained Berlin's refusal to supply weapons to Kiev At the same time, the current Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznik said on Sunday that he assessed the likelihood of a significant escalation of the situation around Ukraine at the moment as low. «American representatives» that allegedly «Russia has about 70% of the combat power, which, in its opinion, will be required for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.» On Sunday, the American newspaper The New York Times published an article in which it reported, citing unnamed officials, about «possible huge human losses» in the event of a conflict in Ukraine. According to the authors of the publication, among civilians the number of victims can be from 25 thousand to 50 thousand, among the military personnel of Ukraine — from 5 thousand to 25 thousand, among the military personnel of the Russian Federation — from 3 thousand to 10 thousand. Kiev and Western states have recently been constantly declaring allegedly about the intensification of «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and does not intend to attack anyone, and claims of «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the West's statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are 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 worry anyone. Since 2014, the NATO countries, led by the United States, have been supplying weapons to Ukraine and training its military, which directly violates the Minsk agreements and negatively affects the settlement in Donbass. In addition to the Americans, Great Britain, Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia participate in deliveries totaling billions of dollars. .jpg» />The Turkish opposition called the supply of Bayraktar to Kiev a big mistake