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reddread

(6,896 posts) Mon Mar 31, 2014, 05:40 PM Mar 2014

no signs of military buildup on Ukraine-Russian border

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/tour-ukraine-russia-border-finds-no-signs-military-buildup-n67336

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no signs of military buildup on Ukraine-Russian border (Original Post) reddread Mar 2014 OP

Estimates/claims of Russian troop "near" the border ranged between 40k and 100k dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #1

dipsydoodle

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1. Estimates/claims of Russian troop "near" the border ranged between 40k and 100k

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Tue Apr 1, 2014, 04:05 AM

Apr 2014

dependent solely on who was making the claim - Kiev claimed 100,000.

Other than pictures of a few tanks no pictures were published to substantiate any claims of high numbers of troops despite general reference to "surveillance."

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