Pictured in this video screen grab is a troop train carrying military hardware of Russian Army Western Military District tank army units from recent routine drills to a permanent deployment site in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. A top U.S. diplomat said Russia has massed up to 190,000 personnel near the Ukrainian border
* U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter said Russia has probably amassed 169,000-190,000 personnel
* U.S. has repeatedly warned of a potential invasion
* He said it was 'the most significant military mobilization in Europe since the Second World War'
* Kamala Harris met with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg at Munich conference
* She warned of 'severe consequence' if Putin invades
* President Biden plans to speak with Transatlantic leaders Friday
* Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called for 'deescalation' in a call with Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu
* Ukrainian and Russian forces reported a second day of shelling in the Donbas region – amid a feared pretext for war
A top U.S. diplomat in Europe says Russia's troop buildup around Ukraine has ballooned to up to 190,000 – up from just 100,000 just a few weeks ago.
U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Michael Carpenter made the statement Friday, following early statements by security officials that Russia might not yet have the force needed for a full-scale invasion.
'We assess that Russia probably has massed between 169,000-190,000 personnel in and near Ukraine as compared with about 100,000 on January 30,' Carpenter told a meeting of the group.
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