Posted on 07/31/2014 5:28:02 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Russian troops in recent days has stepped up its positions near the Ukrainian border, firing position of the Ukrainian army mortar and artillery
Word and deed has prepared a draft map explaining the location of RUSSIAN troops near the Ukrainian border. According to the Pentagon, more than 10 thousand. Russian soldiers combined-arms tactical units concentrated on the border with Ukraine. The battalions are composed of infantry, armour, artillery and air defence. Such data led the United States Department of Defense spokesman, Rear Admiral John Kirby.
30 July in the Rostov region at the two checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian granicepribyla OSCE mission. It will monitor what's happening on the border. However, for these purposes, Russia had agreed to provide just a few hundred meters from more than 2 thousand. km border.
Rather disturbing how many units they have on the Western Ukraine border, far from any of the breakaway regions. Clearly, Putin is threatening Kiev itself.
The term breakaway region is straight out of the Russian disinformation program.
I am not a Putin apologist and I hope Ukraine regains control of these areas, but right now they sure have broken away.
They have been broken away by Russian interference
This isn’t exactly Red Storm Rising. The Russian military was/is a joke.
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