Military equipment (including BMP-series IFVs, tanks and support equipment) in Soloti, Russia. Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2021.Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies.
* Russian troops engaged in frenzy of 'exercises' at the Ukrainian border yesterday
* Vladimir Putin yesterday told US and NATO to 'go to hell' at annual press meeting
* Russia has thousands of troops along Ukraine's border, sparking fears of invasion
* The West has warned of harsh sanctions should Russia invade NATO ally Ukraine
* Putin demanded NATO provide 'security guarantees' it won't expand 'eastwards'
Russian troops engaged in a frenzy of 'exercises' on the Ukrainian border yesterday hours after Vladimir Putin told US and NATO to 'go to hell', stoking fears of an invasion.
The drills come amid claims 'mass grave' sites, each capable of accommodating 100 bodies, are being prepared along the Ukrainian border ahead of a possible invasion by Russian forces.
Moscow has for weeks been massing tens of thousands of troops, tanks and artillery pieces along its eastern flank, sparking fears of an invasion, though the Kremlin has insisted it is merely a defence force.
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