Posted on 12/23/2021 10:08:32 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
Russia now has about 265,000 troops stationed within 250 miles of its border with Ukraine, according to a new assessment of troop movements by Ukrainian Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov.
Danilov revealed the assessment of Russian military activity during a visit to the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the Ukrainian state-run National News Agency of Ukraine (also known as Ukrinform) reported on Wednesday.
Danilov said of the 265,000 Russian troops, 122,000 are located within 200 km (125 miles) of the Russian border with Ukraine. Another 143,500 troops are located between 200 and 400 km (250 miles) of the Ukrainian border.
Danilov’s assessment represents an increase in Russia’s troop presence in recent days. For weeks, Russian troops have been massing near the Ukraine border. Until now, assessments have put the number of Russian troops near Ukraine’s border at between 80,000 and 110,000.
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Let’s Go, Brandon!
Can the world survive another THREE YEARS of our enemies striking while America is rudderless?
Plan accordingly, FRiends. :(
You don’t do that without going ahead. The Chicoms will back them.
Pavlo from Ukraine might have a change in video content sometime soon.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrD8vIPKQC4D7WMqD7swvIw/videos
Oh wait, they already do.
Yes. Putin is ecstatic that Biden is resident.
I suspect they’ll win the negations now. LOL!
Vladimir:
Remember, Chechnya!
Ukrain is going to need a ton of Javelins.
5.56mm
Better keep those engines running or they’ll freeze up just like Stalingrad durin WWII.
Why is Putin doing this? Is he really planning an act of naked aggression?
The Ukraine didn't leave Russia, did it?
It gained its independence when the Soviet Empire collapsed, yes?
Putin doing what Putin does on his own borders when Nato pushes forward.
That’s a lot of anti-freeze cocktails!
Putin is waiting for the right pretext. Of course he would prefer to achieve his goals without fighting, if he can. Meanwhile our own “defense establishment” and “state department” dithers, trying to figure out if Putin is serious or just posturing for advantage. Either way, we now live in a dangerous world where the aggressors have the initiative— and our feckless regime is reduced to waiting to see what our enemies will do, then somehow figure out a diplomatic reaction. Bad place to be in. Even though we have only vague national interest in Ukraine, the same situation holds with China and even Iran. Our government is clueless and ineffectual. The bad people know it full well and are prepared to take action.
Chechens hated Russia. Eastern Ukrainians are Russians and don't hate Russia.
Putting your troops out there in the early part of the Winter
is a real morale booster. /s
Each soldier is carrying a single flower to give in friendship to the new neighbors as they move across the border.
Photo of troops at the ready with tanks....
Russia: this is not meant to imply any warlike intentions. Just a good place to park. Everybody looks for those.
So what. If anyone objects, let them go join the fight but leave the US out!
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