The full extent of Moscow’s intentions behind this massive buildup remains unclear.
As tensions continue to simmer over the ongoing Donbass conflict, Russia’s Armed Forces are staging the largest military build-up on Ukraine’s borders since 2014.
Russia has amassed over 150,000 troops on Ukraine’s border and in occupied Crimea, according to the European Union’s (EU) top diplomat Josep Borrell. It is more than 150,000 Russian troops massing on the Ukrainian borders and in Crimea. The risk of further escalation is evident, Borell said, though he added that no additional sanctions or expulsions of diplomats are currently being planned.
Украине придется подумать над возвращением ядерного статуса, если ее не примут в НАТО - посол в Германии
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Moscova atenţionează SUA să stea departe de Crimeea SUA avertizează: Vor fi consecințe Reacția NATO
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Analysis: there are several reasons Russia would want to raise tensions, but an attack appears unlikely
A still image from a video from 6 April shows tanks and military vehicles in the Voronezh region of Russia. Photograph: Reuters
A still image from a video from 6 April shows tanks and military vehicles in the Voronezh region of Russia. Photograph: Reuters
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Russia’s fortnight-long military buildup to the east and south of Ukraine has helped it mass an estimated 80,000 troops in the border region in an attention-grabbing exercise that is increasingly occupying western thinking.