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European leaders gathered this Thursday, December 16, at a summit worried about seeing tens of thousands of Russian soldiers massing in front of the Ukrainian border.
In the region of Voronezh (western Russia), it was not necessary to look very far before encountering the Russian army. About ten tanks and armored personnel carriers arrived a few days earlier and are stationed near a station. Above all, the place where they park is close to a busy road. Journalists from France Televisions had the opportunity to film the loading of the tanks before being stopped by a Russian soldier.
The movement of Russian forces to the West is massive, estimated at 100,000 men. On the road to Kursk (Russia), a hundred kilometers from the Ukrainian border, new units of the Russian army have just arrived. “Here, there are tanks which fire, I think it is the protection to avoid that there is war”, say the inhabitants of the village of Kursk. “Ukraine is only eight kilometers behind us but we cannot show you what the Russians are doing along the border. To enter this area you need a specific permit and the roads are closed to foreigners. “, reports Luc Lacroix, journalist at France Televisions, and special envoy to western Russia.
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