German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock used her first official trip to Moscow, earlier this week, to question the motives behind a purported buildup of Russian troops close to the frontier with neighboring Ukraine.
Speaking on Tuesday at a meeting in Moscow alongside her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Berlin’s top diplomat alleged that a large contingent of troops had been sent to the regions around the border with its Eastern European neighbor. She argued it was hard not to see such actions as a threat.
“In recent weeks, more than a hundred thousand Russian troops and military equipment have been concentrated near Ukraine for no apparent reason,” Baerbock said.
Countering the allegations of a troop build-up, Lavrov stressed that Moscow would not make concessions for military movements on its own territory, and that Russia has not engaged in any activity which could be seen as the pretext for a conflict to flare up.
He also said the Russian side had explained that the “escalation is now coming from the mouths of many Western politicians.” According to him, the country is merely maintaining “our own troops on our own territory and carrying out the necessary combat training measures, which all countries do.” He added that Russia “cannot accept any demands concerning our armed forces on our own soil.”
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