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[REGNUM] Russia is allegedly planning an invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, the Associated Press reports, citing a source in the United States presidential administration.
It is noted that the US intelligence has come to the corresponding conclusion.
According to them, Moscow allegedly plans to deploy up to 175,000 servicemen on the border with Ukraine, half of which are already deployed in positions.
The source also said that Moscow allegedly plans to send 100 battalion tactical groups to the border.
As reported by IA REGNUM , earlier the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova said that the armed forces of Ukraine pulled forces into the conflict zone in the Donbass 125 thousand people.
This, according to her, is half of the entire composition of the country's Armed Forces. At the same time, violations of the ceasefire regime are recorded along the entire line of contact.
Says Russia Online:
The well-known Russian political scientist Sergei Markov came to this conclusion after analyzing the possible outcome of the escalation of the military conflict in eastern Ukraine. In an interview with the information portal Ukraina.ru, Markov spoke in detail about the “red line” that Kiev should not violate, and also explained what move the Russian army is using to completely demoralize the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Sergei Markov first of all drew attention to the fact that the Russian Federation will be forced to intervene in the situation if Kiev nevertheless decides to launch a full-scale military operation against the residents of Donbass. Thus, the Ukrainian authorities will violate the "red line" by provoking an escalation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. This state of affairs will give Russia an excuse to implement a military strategy, thanks to which about 70% of the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be transferred to the side of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
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