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The United States said on Friday that more than 40 percent of Russian troops concentrated on the Ukrainian border were ready to attack. The United States estimates that Russia has more than 150,000 troops stationed there. The U.S. Defense Department said it had been monitoring the movements of significant military personnel since Wednesday.
He told reporters: “Forty to fifty percent of the troops are on the offensive.
Russia had concentrated 80 planned battalion troops on the Ukrainian border in early February. This has now been increased to 125. Under normal circumstances, only a team of 60 will be stationed there.
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The escalating clashes between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces in the southeastern Danbos region of Ukraine and the annoying claims by Russian officials in Donbass indicate that propaganda for instability in the region has begun. “
The United States has been warning for the past few weeks that Russia could instigate an incident on the border to invade Ukraine.