Russia is said to have stockpiled 100,000 troops on its eastern border with
Ukraine, sparking worries that it is preparing for a fresh
military operation against Ukraine. The US and its allies are concerned that
Russia may invade Ukraine again, similar to what happened in
Crimea in 2014.
The border tensions between
Russia and Ukraine pose a huge security problem for the area, with the potential to escalate into a larger confrontation. Ukraine claims that Russia has gathered over
90,000 troops on its border, and US government sources suggest that a
Russian assault on Ukraine might occur as soon as next month.Russia has demonstrated, as recently as 2014, that it is not afraid to intervene militarily in Ukraine. That year, Russia annexed
Crimea from Ukraine, becoming the first time since
World War II that a
European country has taken land from another
country.
