Russia secretly added 7,000 troops near Ukraine’s border despite President Vladimir Putin claiming this week that he would be drawing back forces, a US official alleged Wednesday night as Vice President Kamala Harris prepared for a trip to Europe to discourage an invasion.“Yesterday the Russian government said it was withdrawing troops from the border with Ukraine. They received a lot of attention for that claim, both here and around the world. But we now know it was false,” the official said on a press call about Harris’ trip.“In fact, we have now confirmed that in the last several days, Russia has increased its troop presence along Ukrainian border by as many as 7,000 troops with some arriving as recently as today.
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