Ukraine-Russia conflict: the forces present at the border

It all takes place on Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia, an area where there have been two conflicts since 2014. Crimea was first invaded by Russia and the Donbass has been in the throes of a civil war for about eight years. Since many weeks, there is a reinforcement of the Russian military presence at the border. A team from France 2 went there and was able to testify.

170 km from the Ukrainian border, one can observe tanks and armored vehicles stationed at the edge of a station. Photos supported by satellite images broadcast by theNato unveiling hundreds of Russian tanks under the snow and there would be 100,000 men massed at the borders. For several experts, this is an unprecedented deployment. Russia is trying to downplay the facts and France 2 journalists have been asked to put away their cameras.

On the Ukrainian side, we are not hiding, but Ukrainian military activity has nothing to do with the scale of the movements observed on the Russian side. A few tanks were filmed during training. American planes were caught flying over the Black Sea. However, it is impossible to quantify the number of soldiers mobilized on the Ukrainian side.