– Red Army masses on Ukraine border: 80,000 troops and missile launchers spark invasion fear (Daily Mail, March 12, 2014):
Ukraine warned last night that 80,000 Russian troops were massing on its borders and could invade – as world leaders told Vladimir Putin to back off.
A senior security chief in Kiev said Moscow could launch a full-scale invasion and Russian troops would be in the Ukrainian capital within ‘two or three hours’ of the order to advance.
Photographs of Russian tanks and armoured personnel carriers close to Ukraine’s borders added to tensions.
Last night senior British officials told the Mail they had received reports about Russian troops massing on the border since Tuesday and were concerned by the show of force.
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– Where The Russian Troops Are – The Full “Pre-Takeover” Infographic (ZeroHedge, Mach 13, 2014):
As we reported yesterday, Crimea is last week’s story. Now it is all about east Ukraine. In that vein, moments ago John Kerry’s latest stand up comedy routine hit the tape which contained, besides the usual laugh lines, this particular pearl:
- KERRY SAYS RUSSIA DOESN’T YET HAVE FORCES FOR UKRAINE TAKEOVER
Is that so? We provide this map showing the latest distribution of Russian military forces on the Ukraine borders so that readers can make up their own mind.
And here is another map compiled by Dmitry Tymchuk, a former Ukrainian military officer, who has established an organization, the Center of Military and Political Research on Kiev, to effectively collect and gather data about military-related facts.
Kerry concluded:
- KERRY SAYS `CONTINGENCIES’ IF RUSSIA MOVED INTO EAST UKRAINE
We’ll know just what those are by Sunday night. The only question: will Referendum Sunday be the new Lehman Sunday…