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Are the latest Russian videos evidence of a de-escalation?

18th February 2022 at 10:54am

On 15 February, Russia said it was pulling troops back from the Ukrainian border.

However, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday there were "mixed signals" coming out of Russia on the prospect of an invasion of Ukraine.

So are the latest Russian videos evidence of a de-escalation?

Intelligence analysts are using so-called 'open source intelligence' to get to the bottom of Russia's true intentions.