US satellite images 'show' Russian troops still on Ukraine border
- 10 years ago
There are no signs of a Russian troop withdrawal from the Ukrainian border according to the NATO Secretary-General and new US satellite images.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is adamant, despite President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a pullback, and new pictures appear to back up his claims.
The US Mission to NATO presents them as showing Russia’s armoured vehicles and helicopters positioned by the border.
With a satellite image from March 2014 and the latest positions from May placed side by side, there does not appear to be any visible indication of a withdrawal.
Yet last week Russia’s President Putin, who marked the Soviet victory in World War Two with a show of military might in Moscow, had announced he was pulling forces back.
NATO believes Russia has massed some 40,000 troops on its border with Ukraine.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is adamant, despite President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a pullback, and new pictures appear to back up his claims.
The US Mission to NATO presents them as showing Russia’s armoured vehicles and helicopters positioned by the border.
With a satellite image from March 2014 and the latest positions from May placed side by side, there does not appear to be any visible indication of a withdrawal.
Yet last week Russia’s President Putin, who marked the Soviet victory in World War Two with a show of military might in Moscow, had announced he was pulling forces back.
NATO believes Russia has massed some 40,000 troops on its border with Ukraine.