A satellite image shows a troop housing area and a vehicle park in Rechitsa, Belarus, February 4. Maxar Technologies/via REUTERS
CBS News: Russian units near Ukraine moved into "attack positions," U.S. official says
Russia has moved some long-range artillery and rocket launchers into firing position, threatening Ukraine, according to a U.S. official.
Some Russian units have left their assembly areas — the bumper-to-bumper formations seen in satellite photos — and are beginning to move into "attack positions," according to the official.
This movement marks a change since Sunday, when some of the units had left the assembly areas but had not yet taken what could be viewed as attack positions.
The U.S. believes Russia will attack Ukraine by the end of the week, although it's not yet certain what form it will take, the official said.
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Update: Russian troops move to ATTACK positions - US satellite images show Putin ready to invade (Daily Express).
WNU Editor: The German Chancellor is in Moscow tomorrow to meet President Putin.
Is tomorrow's meeting the last chance for a peaceful resolution?
I do not think so. But these forward deployments of Russian military forces, if true, is raising tensions to an entirely new level.
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LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Russian mercenaries with ties to Moscow's spies have increased their presence in Ukraine in recent weeks, stoking fears among some NATO members that Russia could try to engineer a pretext for an invasion, three senior Western security sources said.
They said their concerns had strengthened in recent weeks that a Russian incursion into Ukraine could be preceded by an information war, and cyber attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure such as electricity and gas networks.
Russia could also use the mercenaries to sow discord and paralyse Ukraine through targeted assassinations and the use of specialised weaponry, the sources said.
Wnu , how could it NOT be the last chance ?
Germany brings nothing new to the table , Putind demands have been ignored and his bluff called. Hes now pai Ted himself I to a corner as he can't stand down .
If Putin wants to forge a new security for Europe he needs Germany to go along with it.
France, German, without the USA, dealing with Moscow to reset European relations.
Given the USA is in steep decline with intractable inflation and budget problems added to its China syndrome now is the time for more European realism.
Contested territory will be consolidated by Russia. Ukrainian counterattack will be a nonplayer. Any bets?
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