The US is concerned about Russian weapons gathering near the Ukrainian border 2
Russian weapons transported by train to the border area with Ukraine include tanks, artillery and heavy armor.
Of these, at least one video shows a train carrying MSTA-S 152 mm self-propelled guns, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles and many other weapons crossing the bridge connecting the Crimean peninsula with Russia.
Russian weapons rushed to the border with Ukraine
Self-propelled guns and armored vehicles on a Russian military train parked in the city of Kerch on the Crimean peninsula on March 27.
On March 30, the US military expressed concern about Russia’s increase in military forces near the Ukrainian border, although it said this was most likely a preparation for a training exercise.
John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, said they had received information from the Ukrainian military about Russian troop movements near the country’s border.
Russia in early March dispatched forces to the area to participate in a previously announced exercise.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not commented on the above information.
General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has contacted General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces, to ask about the troop transfer, but information about the response is unclear.
Location of the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, bordering Russia.
Ukraine frequently claims that Russia is supporting separatist forces in the Donbass region in the east of the country, an accusation that Moscow denies.
Experts say the transfer of Russian forces could `be a message to the Ukrainian government`, but it is unclear about the Kremlin’s exact plan.
Some reports said the Ukrainian side blamed Russia for the breakdown in negotiations.
