Return to the points of permanent deployment of units of the Western Military District. Video frame MOSCOW, Feb. 16 Russia is conducting military exercises as Ukraine and the region are pumped up with weapons, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. moreover, regularly, moreover, a country with an internal armed conflict has been pumped up with weapons over the past years,» she said at a briefing. from a glut of Ukraine with weaponsAccording to the diplomat, Moscow understands the unpredictability of what can happen in Ukraine and what NATO countries usually do «in such cases.» Statements that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in a neighboring country continue to come from the West, despite Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, President Vladimir Putin met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The head of the Defense Ministry reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» The southern and western military districts have begun returning troops to their places of deployment, Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told reporters. This is a common practice, there is no novelty, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters earlier when asked if the withdrawal of troops meant a de-escalation of the situation around Ukraine. At the same time, a Kremlin spokesman, commenting on NATO statements about the absence of signs of de-escalation at the border, noted that the alliance has problems in the system for assessing the situation. Daily Mail urged media to apologize for Russian invasion fakes
