largest troop movement since WWII--huge arsenal set against Ukraine

 over 110 Russian tanks on Donbas border; https://www.unian.info/war/occupied-donbas-huge-build-up-of-russian-military-hardware-spotted-by-osce-monitors-11388892.html

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4-15-21  ”According to our data, almost 90,000 (Russian) servicemen, as well as their armed systems were pulled to the border and to the region of occupied Crimea and Donbas.  This deployment is not just muscle-flexing... We are dealing with the largest troop movement in Russia since the Second World War," Ukraine ambassador to Germany Melnyk told the Deutschlandfunk radio station, as reported by the Ukrainian media outlet European Pravda.

"Ukraine has no other choice:  either we are part of an alliance such as NATO and are doing our part to make this Europe stronger, or we have the only option – to arm by ourselves, and maybe think about nuclear status again.  How else can we guarantee our defense?" Melnyk added.

https://www.unian.info/politics/russia-s-build-up-either-joining-nato-or-restoring-nuclear-status-ukraine-s-envoy-to-germany-11389207.html

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Moscow. April 17. INTERFAX.RU - More than fifty Russian fighters, bombers and attack aircraft are involved in exercises over the Black Sea with missile launches and bombing, the press service of the Southern Military District (YuVO) reported.  https://www.interfax.ru/russia/761759

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4-14-21  Moscow has already created in Crimea a formidable standing formation in the peninsula of more than 32,000 military personnel and a significant number of air and navy striking platforms.

Efforts are underway in the occupied Crimea to prepare local infrastructure for potentially storing nuclear weapons, Taran added.

 https://www.unian.info/war/kyiv-moscow-tensions-russia-could-attack-from-occupied-crimea-ukraine-defense-chief-11388247.html?utm_source=unian&utm_medium=related_news&utm_campaign=related_news_in_post

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4-14-21  Budanov went on to report that, since March 18, a movement of troops has been spotted from Russia's western, southern, and central military districts, as well as of the Russian navy – from the northern fleet.  The tactical group of the 12th missile brigade (six Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile systems and the tactical group of the 119th missile brigade (four Iskander- M launchers) have been deployed to Opuk and Pogonovo.

In addition, another such tactical group with four Iskander-M missiles in service is yet to arrive at Pogonovo, Budanov added.  Also, he said, in the third decade of April, Russia set up three operational groups: one on the northeastern border of Ukraine, the second – on Ukraine's eastern flank, and the third – across the territory of the occupied Crimean peninsula.

We expect the deployment to be completed by April 20," Budanov said, added that the total number of military personnel will reach 110,000.

 According to Budanov, a total of 330 warplanes have been deployed near the Ukrainian borders, as well as 240 helicopters.

Intelligence does not rule out Russia's use of long-range bombers.

In addition, Russia has employed warships and submarines of the Black Sea, Baltic Sea, and Northern Fleets, as well as the Caspian Flotilla, to support their air forces.

https://www.unian.info/war/russian-aggression-ukraine-s-military-intel-says-russia-to-amass-110-000-soldiers-at-ukraine-border-by-apr-20-11388133.html?utm_source=unian&utm_medium=related_news&utm_campaign=related_news_in_post