Ukraine has denied reports that Russia is massing troops and ramping up military equipment near the border, and Ukraine’s defense ministry confirmed the number of Russian troops that are left in the area is now totaling 90,000. The announcement comes after commercial satellite pictures supplied by U.S. space company Maxar Technologies have shown Russian military vehicles moving tanks and missiles near the Russian town of Yelnya, about 155 miles north of the Ukrainian border. Russian armed forces recently held a series of large-scale drills, including with airborne troops, leading to a large number of units of the 41st Army staying behind, the Ukrainian ministry said late on Tuesday. “It should be noted that the Russian Federation periodically resorted to the practice of transferring and accumulating military units in order to maintain tensions in the region and political pressure on neighboring states,” it said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also dismissed the …