Russia pushes "peacekeeping forces" to the borders of Ukraine

Training of battalion tactical groups  of combined arms  of southern and western military districts has begun today in the border areas with Ukraine. The troops are

discussing marches  and deployment to perform assigned tasks," reporters were told by journalists  in Moscow by the Russian Defense Minister,  Shoigu. He also said that "the aircraft will perform flights to simulate the actions near the state border."  Explaining the reason for the exercise , Shoigu said that

"self-defense units in the south- east of Ukraine has just over two thousand people, about 100 automatic weapons , mostly captured in district police stations and other security services, as well as a few tens of smooth-bore weapons. The forces are unequal.

 The Ukrainian authorities approved  the use of force "against civilians " in the east.  If this war machine does not stop today, it will lead to a large number of dead and wounded," said Shoigu.

He argued that in a special operation in the south-east of Ukraine more than 11,000 people are involved, including  about 160 tanks , more than 230 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, at least 150 guns and mortars.

According to eyewitnesses, in Russia's Rostov region were noticed armored columns, which move to the Ukrainian border. On tanks and armored personnel are  symbols  of Peace Forces . -02D-