NEWSWATCH Ukraine Today: Poroshenko warns of imminent Russian invasion; Russia’s Donbas army consists of around 80,000 troops including 50,000 regular army soldiers
Ukraine Today reports on Ukrainian intelligence threat assessments regarding Russian or Russia-backed forces.
… Poroshenko says military intelligence officials have confirmed … Russia could rapidly launch a fresh invasion … at any moment ….
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine has warned … Russia had completed … preperations to launch a massive new invasion in three different directions along the contact line … in the Donbas.
… 20 tactical groups of the Russian Armed Forces in eastern Ukraine … another 56 tactical groups … on Russia’s border with Ukraine.
Earlier in July Ukrainian army officials said more than 50,000 Russian troops and over 30,000 militants were concentrated along the Ukrainian border.