For the past month, the United States has been sounding the alarm that Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops near eastern Ukraine and may be preparing to launch a major military incursion.
Russia, however, has denied it is preparing to attack but has accused Ukraine of acting provocatively.
The reasons for Russia’s current buildup are the same for seizing Crimea—the Kremlin will not accept"losing" Ukraine and having it join NATO and the European Union. Ukraine has never wanted to accept that and the agreements have been effectively dead for years. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, meanwhile has turned to a hard-line approach to Russia.
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