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RUSSIA

Forças militares em redor da Ucrânia

By Mike Tyler

August 18, 2016 - Russia is upping the ante in Ukraine with an eye on the 25th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence on August 24 and the G20 summit on September 4.

Russia has positioned thousands of troops to the north in Bryansk, to the east near Rostov, to the south in Crimea and to the west in the separatist Moldovan region of Transnistria. Ukrainian intelligence agencies say a Russian air defence regiment has been embedded with the separatists in Donbass.

Ukrainian intelligence agencies say a Russian air defence regiment has been embedded with the separatists in Donbass. There are signs they are preparing for fighting.

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PUBLISHED: 19/08/2016; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Ukrinform
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