Susan E. Rice, the national security adviser, with her deputy, Benjamin J. Rhodes, at a White House briefing on Friday. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
Russia’s Shifting of Border Force Stirs U.S. Worry -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — The White House cast doubt Friday on the Kremlin’s claims that thousands of troops massing on the border of southeastern Ukraine are merely involved in training exercises, deepening fears that Russian aggression will not end in Crimea.
“It’s not clear what that signals,” the national security adviser, Susan E. Rice, said to reporters in a briefing at the White House. But she added, “Obviously given their past practice and the gap between what they have said and what they have done, we are watching it with skepticism.”
At the Pentagon, senior officers and analysts said they were monitoring the Russian infantry, airborne, air defense and other reinforcements with growing alarm, uncertain of President Vladimir V. Putin’s ambitions.
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My Comment: Russia is positioning it's forces on the Ukraine border in the event of an implosion in eastern Ukraine. U.S. concerns are justified .... but they must realize that if law and order breaks down in eastern Ukraine, Russia is going to act.
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