50% Russian Forces In Attack Position, Tactical Moves: US On Ukraine

Saturday, 19 February 2022newsdesk

More than 40 percent of the Russian forces on the Ukraine border are now in position for attack and Moscow has begun a campaign of destabilization, a US defense official said Friday.

New Delhi, 19 February 2022

As per news report of NDTV, The United States, which estimates that Russia has placed more than 150,000 troops near Ukraine's borders, has observed significant movements since Wednesday, the official said, insisting on anonymity. "Forty to fifty percent are in an attack position. They have uncoiled in tactical assembly in the last 48 hours," the official told reporters. Tactical assembly points are areas next to the border where military units are set up in advance of an attack. 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.

Source - NDTV