{"id":473277,"date":"2021-12-22T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=473277"},"modified":"2021-12-22T16:29:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:29:29","slug":"nsdc-secretary-says-122-000-russian-troops-massed-near-ukraine-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/nsdc-secretary-says-122-000-russian-troops-massed-near-ukraine-border\/","title":{"rendered":"NSDC secretary says 122,000 Russian troops massed near Ukraine border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are 122,000 Russian servicemen deployed at a 200-km distance to the borders of Ukraine, as well as another 143,500 at a distance of 400 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s according to Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, <strong>Oleksiy Danilov<\/strong>, who spoke at a briefing following a working visit to Ivano-Frankivsk region, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-defense\/3373760-nsdc-secretary-says-122000-russian-troops-massed-near-ukraine-border.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukrinform<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As for the number of troops\u2026 To date, what we see is <strong>122,000<\/strong> Russian troops located at 200 km and <strong>143,500<\/strong> at 400 km within this radius of our border&#8221;, said Danilov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reiterated that the situation near the borders has never been calm since <strong>2014<\/strong>, but the president and the country&#8217;s top military leadership have the situation &#8220;under control&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We understand what is happening there, and in the event of an escalation \u2013 which can\u2019t happen instantly, relatively speaking within a today, we need to prepare for this \u2013 we are monitoring all this&#8221;, said the NSDC secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danilov also recalled that the law on new national resistance will come into force on January 1, 2022, which will strengthen the country&#8217;s defense capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have additional resources, and the territorial defense, if necessary, will repel the aggressor. 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I wish it\u2019s we don\u2019t have to use them, but if necessary, all citizens know what to do&#8221;, said the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/pentagon-state-dep-t-refute-russian-defense-chief-s-lies-on-chemical-arms-plot-in-donbas\/\">Pentagon, State Dep\u2019t refute Russian defense chief\u2019s lies on chemical arms plot in Donbas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 122,000 Russian servicemen deployed at a 200-km distance to the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":473280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,55],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-473277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-ukraine-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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