Russian military buildup on Ukrainian border

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[Chacha_Facebooka]

Russian 'troop build-up' near Ukraine alarms Nato

Russia has warned Nato against sending any troops to help Ukraine, amid reports of a large Russian military build-up on its borders.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would take "additional measures" if Nato were to make such a move.

Sporadic, low-level clashes continue in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists.

US forces in Europe are now on higher alert, citing "escalations of Russian aggression" in the area.

A Nato official told Reuters news agency that Russia was undermining efforts to reduce tensions in eastern Ukraine and Nato ambassadors had met on Thursday to discuss the situation.

"Allies share their concerns about Russia's recent large-scale military activities in and around Ukraine," the official said.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky joined the criticism, saying "military exercises and possible provocations along the border are traditional Russian games".

Meanwhile, Mr Peskov accused Ukrainian forces of staging "provocations" on the frontline in eastern Ukraine, where a fragile ceasefire is violated daily.

In the worst flare-up in recent months, four Ukrainian soldiers died in separatist shelling on 26 March near Shuma, a village in the Donetsk region. There have been only low-level incidents since then.

What is the scale of Russian involvement?
Last month Russia conducted military exercises in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula it annexed from Ukraine in March 2014.

The rebels in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine also rely on Russian help. Western governments say Russia has deployed regular troops there, along with heavy weapons. That is denied by the Kremlin, which says Russian "volunteers" are helping the rebels, who seized a swathe of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in April 2014.

Map of eastern Ukraine
Unverified video on Twitter in recent days purports to show Russian tanks, artillery and armoured vehicles heading to the Ukrainian border.

Ukraine's army commander Gen Ruslan Khomchak says Russia has deployed 28 battalion tactical groups near Ukraine's eastern border and in Crimea, which would amount to 20,000-25,000 troops. Russian officials have not confirmed that, nor given any precise figures.

According to Gen Khomchak, Russia also has nearly 3,000 officers and military instructors in the rebel units in eastern Ukraine.

"The Russian Federation moves its armed forces within its territory at its discretion," Kremlin spokesman Mr Peskov said. He added that "it should not worry anyone and does not pose a threat to anyone".

The Russian military has confirmed that an airborne assault brigade - about 4,000 troops - is being redeployed to Crimea from Volgograd in southern Russia this year.

Since 2014 Russia has considerably beefed up its military presence in Crimea, including its key Sevastopol naval base.

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[Ahmet Pasha]

More gopro combat footage on youtube coming soon.

 

[gangsta_rap]

whats this supposed to mean?

 

[vizier]

If Ukraine starts a blitzkrieg type of op. that results in high civ. casualties I doubt that Usa will stand behind Ukr. govt. against Russia. If conflict gets too long and casualties gets too high in all sides putin can try to make a referandum based solution and try to make it accepted by Un. Usa may convince land loss of Ukraine by offering nato membership and maybe Eu can convince with eu membership but the damage cannot be undone.
Putin will win some more land , Ukraine politicians might get the nato membership but in that case the ultimate winner would be biden as pyd of eastern Syria would also make a referandum pushed by Usa to be accepted by Un in a similar manner later on taking donbass as an example. Un recognition of something like independence-joining to another country referandum will make an example of separatist issues in many countries and would bring further conflict.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Wow. And they say Russia ain't no supa wawa. Pffffft.

 

[KurtisBrian]

just 4000 troops according to bbc. If Russia was going to do something wouldn't there be 100+k?

As a comparison. 15000 troops were deployed in Washington DC in Jan. to keep the peace. Around 5600 now.

 

[Dalit]

Looks like NATO is again in the mood of agitation since sleepy Joe came to power. We have seen one thing with Russia. No nonsense approach. They will use poison or chainsaw to get the point across. NATO countries are screwed if they poke around in Ukraine. Even with sleepy on their side.

 

[Chacha_Facebooka]

 

[313ghazi]

It's just a military exercise being over hyped by western media.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

just 4000 troops according to bbc. If Russia was going to do something wouldn't there be 100+k?

As a comparison. 15000 troops were deployed in Washington DC in Jan. to keep the peace. Around 5600 now.

Russian technology and hardware bring immense fire power. Air. Land. Sea.

 

[HAIDER]

If Ukraine starts a blitzkrieg type of op. that results in high civ. casualties I doubt that Usa will stand behind Ukr. govt. against Russia. If conflict gets too long and casualties gets too high in all sides putin can try to make a referandum based solution and try to make it accepted by Un. Usa may convince land loss of Ukraine by offering nato membership and maybe Eu can convince with eu membership but the damage cannot be undone.
Putin will win some more land , Ukraine politicians might get the nato membership but in that case the ultimate winner would be biden as pyd of eastern Syria would also make a referandum pushed by Usa to be accepted by Un in a similar manner later on taking donbass as an example. Un recognition of something like independence-joining to another country referandum will make an example of separatist issues in many countries and would bring further conflict.

Doubt, US has any interest in Ukraine, extreme corruption, and no exports. Only liability for NATO and US.

 

[Dalit]

Doubt, US has any interest in Ukraine, extreme corruption, and no exports. Only liability for NATO and US.

Don't be so sure about that. Ukraine is important to Europe and the US. They want a base near Russia to watch the Russians. They want to poke Russia occasionally. Ukraine is the perfect neighbouring country for such a purpose.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Don't be so sure about that. Ukraine is important to Europe and the US. They want a base near Russia to watch the Russians. They want to poke Russia occasionally. Ukraine is the perfect neighbouring country for such a purpose.

This. Plus historically Ukrainians hate Russians. They view them as slaves of Mongols who helped Mongols sack Kiev and conquer Kievan Rus. Moscow was founded as a Mongol puppet.

 

[bshifter]

Wow. And they say Russia ain't no supa wawa. Pffffft.

And you said the Ukrainians are coward dude. Russia is getting the troops ready on high alert for a reason. I predict if Ukrainians are foolish to invade Donbass, Putin will command his soldiers to take over Kiev. NATO and Americans will be tucking their tails and flee