NATO cannot yet confirm the exact number of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine, but it sees their movement across the border under cover of anti-aircraft systems and electronic warfare.
This has been announced on Thursday by Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Phillip Breedlove, an Ukrinform correspondent reports from Brussels.
“We cannot yet confirm the exact number of Russian troops – additional Russian troops – in the east of Ukraine,” the commander of NATO forces in Europe said.
The General did not provide more information on the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine, noting that this issue was within the competence of the intelligence.
He noted that situation in the region of ground military clashes in Ukraine “is not good.”