Victory Day Parade on Red Square. © RIA Novosti. Ilya Pitalev
Russia Shows Modern Military in Ukraine Crisis -- Voice of America
WASHINGTON — An estimated 40,000 Russian troops are deployed on the Ukrainian border, poised to invade if the order comes from Moscow.
These forces are part of a much larger military that has been modernizing its forces over the past several years.
Western estimates say the Russian Defense Ministry has between 800,000 and one million men under arms. These include strategic rocket forces as well as the various uniformed services: air, air defense, ground and naval. And there are various kinds of special forces, such as the Spetsnaz belonging to Russia’s military intelligence or GRU.
Stephen Blank, an expert on the Russian military at the American Foreign Policy Council, said there are also paramilitary forces.
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