The Pentagon has affirmed this Tuesday that Russia has moved “a small number” of units on the last day in the vicinity of kyiv and ruled out that it is “a royal retreat”since it keeps “the vast majority” of his troops there. “We believe this is a relocation, not a real drawdown, and we should all be prepared for vIt was a great offensive against other areas of Ukraine,” said Defense Department spokesman John Kirby, at a press conference.
Kirby noted that “no one should be fooled by the recent Kremlin statement that it will suddenly reduce military attacks against Kiev or any other information that you will withdraw all their forces“.
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Kirby specified that they have seen the movement of a “small number” from Russian units from kyiv to the north, but admitted that It’s too soon to find out what your final destination is. “We believe, we assess, that it is likely that they will be relocated for be used elsewhere in Ukraine,” said the spokesman, who recalled that Russia has said that it will focus on the donbas regionin the Ukrainian east.
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Even so, he stressed that “the vast majority of russian forces” is in the vicinity of kyiv. “We consider that they are in a defensive position, for days they have stopped trying to advance towards kyiv and have adopted ukind of defensive postureKirby said, noting that he had no information on possible Russian efforts to resupply your troops in the vicinity of the Ukrainian capital.
The spokesman considered that Russia should negotiate with the Ukrainians “in good faith”, since this is an opportunity to put an end to the conflict, which began on February 24 with the start of the invasion by Moscow. “The war could end today” if the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, “do the right thing and remove all his Ukrainian forces“, he added.