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<\/p>\nNATO wants to justify it\u2019s existence and what better way than to show a big build up of Russian troops on Ukraine\u2019s border. Fact is that the pictures are from August 2013. The military adventures of recent years by NATO, shows that it likes to use fake pictures and videos in order to justify invasions and gaining support at home for unpopular wars.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSatellite imagery of Russian troops allegedly amassed at present on the border with Ukraine dates back to August 2013, a high-ranking source in Russia,\u201d General Staff said Thursday.NATO\u2019s Headquarters of Allied Command Operations released earlier on Thursday a series of satellite photos showing large contingents of tanks, artillery, attack helicopters and war planes purportedly being observed by the Alliance in specific locations along the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn reality, the images released by NATO show units of Russia\u2019s Southern Military District taking part in various exercises last summer, including near the borders with Ukraine,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0the source said.<\/p>\n The Southern Military District hosted a number of military drills last summer, including parts of large-scale Combat Commonwealth-2013 air defense exercise, which involved units from a joint air defense system of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).<\/p>\n NATO is actively building its naval presence in the Black Sea in view of sharp aggravation of the Ukraine crisis, a Russian Defence Ministry source told the Russian news agency\u00a0TASS\u00a0<\/a>on Thursday.<\/p>\n