Russia Is ‘Ready’ For Battle In Ukraine

Tuesday, August 5, 2014
By Paul Martin

Brett LoGiurato
BusinessInsider.com
Aug. 5, 2014

Russia has significantly built up its troop presence along the Ukrainian border, making it ready for a potential large-scale invasion of southeastern Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin so chooses.

The New York Times’ Michael Gordon and Eric Schmitt report, citing Western officials, that Russia has nearly doubled its battalions along the Ukrainian border in recent weeks. Seventeen more battalions and an additional 19,000 to 21,000 troops now compose a “battle-ready force of infantry, armor, artillery, and air defense within a few miles of the border.” They could theoretically strike with “little to no warning.”

Western officials also told The Times that Russia has upped its number of surface-to-air units to 14 from eight, and it has deployed more than 30 artilleries.

Western intelligence officials told the paper it was unclear what Putin was planning, but it is clear they are worried about what would be, for all intents and purposes, an invasion under the guise of a “peacekeeping” operation.

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