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Ukraine's Poroshenko Says Russia Amassing Forces Along Border
Russian armor is massing about 17 miles from the Ukraine border.
Putin would love to carve-out a land-corridor through southeastern Ukraine to Russia-occupied-Crimea.
Russian armor is massing about 17 miles from the Ukraine border.
12/1/18
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that Russia is amassing ground forces and weaponry along the border between the two countries. Speaking at a military event in Kyiv on December 1, Poroshenko said Russia has deployed "more than 80,000 troops, 1,400 artillery and multiple-rocket-launch systems, 900 tanks, 2,300 armored combat vehicles, 500 airplanes, and 300 helicopters" near the border. He also said Russia had 80 ships and eight submarines in the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov. The alleged buildup comes in the wake of a November 25 incident in which Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels and detained 24 Ukrainian sailors near the Kerch Strait. "The Kremlin is further testing the strength of the global order," Poroshenko said, adding that Moscow wants to see if the international community will allow Russia to claim the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov as its territorial waters.
Putin would love to carve-out a land-corridor through southeastern Ukraine to Russia-occupied-Crimea.