From the Kremlin comes news of the end of the military exercises that took place in the Crimea annexed to Moscow, the deployment of troops on the territory had fueled fears of an invasion of Ukraine in recent days. As the defense ministry points out, the soldiers are returning to their own garrisons.
"The units of the southern military district - explains the note -, after completing their participation in the tactical exercises, are moving towards their permanent deployment points", while the state TV broadcast the images of military units that they cross a bridge that connects the Russian-controlled peninsula to the mainland.
Today, February 16, is the day that US intelligence had indicated as the date of the possible attack on Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky transformed it, by decree, into National Unity Day. And the meeting of defense ministers of the Atlantic Alliance is also held today in Brussels.
(Unioneonline / ss)
