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An official of US defence has disclosed that over 40 percent of the Russian forces on the Ukraine border are now in position for attack and Moscow has begun a campaign of destabilisation.<\/p>\n

The official who prefers anonymity\u00a0said the United States, which estimates that Russia has placed more than 150,000 troops near Ukraine\u2019s borders, has observed significant movements since Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cForty to fifty per cent are in an attack position. They have uncoiled in tactical assembly in the last 48 hours,\u201d the official told reporters.<\/p>\n

Tactical assembly points are areas next to the border where military units<\/a> are set up in advance of an attack.<\/p>\n

The official said Moscow had massed 125 battalion tactical groups close to the Ukraine border, compared to 60 in normal times and up from 80 at the beginning of February.<\/p>\n

The increase in clashes between pro-Russian separatists and Ukraine government forces in the southeastern Donbas region of Ukraine, and inflammatory claims by officials in Russia and Donbas, show that \u201cthe destabilization campaign has begun,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n

Washington has warned for weeks that Russia could provoke or fabricate an incident in the area to serve as a pretext for invading Ukraine.<\/p>\n

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told ABC News\u2019 \u201cThis Week\u201d that Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201chas a number of options available to him and he could attack in short order.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe it\u2019s a bluff,\u201d Austin said, adding, \u201cI think he\u2019s assembled\u2026 the kinds of things that you would need to conduct a successful invasion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moscow denies it has plans to attack its western neighbour but is demanding a guarantee that Ukraine will never join NATO and that the Western alliance remove forces from Eastern Europe, demands the West has refused.<\/p>\n

In 2014, Russia invaded and occupied the Crimea region of Ukraine, making use of sympathetic separatists.<\/p>\n

AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An official of US defence has disclosed that over 40 percent of the Russian forces on the Ukraine border are now in position for attack and Moscow has begun a campaign of destabilisation. 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