The Paper's reporter Nan Boyi
On November 17, local time, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Leznikov and British Defense Minister Ben Wallace issued a joint statement saying that the two countries did not want to be enemies of Russia, but were "uneasy" about Russia's military activities in the area bordering Ukraine. In this regard, the Russian side denied it and said that the military activities are the Russian side's mobilization of troops in its territory and will not threaten anyone.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov. People's Vision Infographic
According to Reuters reported on November 17, the British Ministry of Defense issued this statement on the same day. "Our two governments have no intention of making enemies of Russia or attempting to strategically contain Russia in some way, but we are concerned about Russia's ongoing military activities in the areas bordering Ukraine," the statement said. At present, Wallace is visiting Ukraine and reached a naval cooperation agreement with the Ukrainian side on the 16th local time. According to the agreement, if tensions between Ukraine and Russia increase, Ukraine can obtain about 1.7 billion pounds (about 14.6 billion yuan) of loans from the United Kingdom to buy British warships and missiles.
Regarding the agreement reached between Britain and Ukraine and the joint statement, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova responded that the British side's approach reflects their "continuous military activities on the border between Russia and Ukraine." Earlier, Russian presidential press secretary Peskov said that the Russian army has not assembled at the border between Russia and Ukraine, which is Russia's "mobilization of troops" in its territory, "Russia's approach does not threaten anyone, nor should it make anyone worry." ”
At the same time, the Russian side revealed that the Russian side will deploy a new parachute regiment in Crimea in early December this year to complete the force restructuring plan proposed by Russian Defense Minister Shoigu in March this year.
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