The Pentagon has identified eight staging areas in Russia where large numbers of military forces appear to be preparing for incursions into Ukraine, according to U.S. defense officials.As many as 40,000 Russian troops, including tanks, armored vehicles, and air force units, are now arrayed along Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia.
Washington Free Beacon: Russian military forces staging near Ukraine
A Ukrainian paratrooper, with the nom-de-guerre Boroda (Beard), and member of an air assault battalion defending the small town of Shyrokyne, in Donetsk region, walks among the ruins of building destroyed by pro-Russian separatists shelling on August 14, 2016.
