MAP: Here's Why Ukraine Fears A Russian Invasion
Mar 14, 2014, 16:39 IST
On Thursday, Ukraine security chief Andriy Parubiy claimed that Russia has placed 80,000 solders, 270 tanks, 370 artillery systems, and 140 combat aircraft near the Ukrainian border.
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"Ukraine today is facing the threat of a full-scale invasion from various directions," he said.
Vladimir Putin has reserved the right to intervene wherever he decides that ethnic Russians are under threat of "lawlessness."
This map, created by Facebook user Smitry Tymchuk, illustrates the threat that Parubiy referred to:
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