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Monday, 23 December
politics

Russia is relocating its troops to the Ukrainian borders: Khomchak's statement

During an extraordinary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Tuesday, March 30, Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak, said that Russian troops are being drawn to the Ukrainian borders (in Bryansk, Voronezh region and in the Crimean peninsula).This became known during the Verkhovna Rada meeting.

In addition, according to Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak, there is an increased number of Russian troops in the Rostov region, which can be deployed on the Ukrainian-Russian border within 1-2 days in order to initiate hostilities in Donbas.

He also said that the number of so-called "army corps of the Donetsk People Republic and Luhansk People Republic is 28 thousand soldiers. The troops are divided in 14 brigades.

According to "Apostrophe", earlier Ruslan Khomchak explained why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky does not give an order to attack the Russian side in Donbas.