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re: Russia Claims it Fired Warning Shots at Royal Navy Warship
Ukrainian Navy Threatens to Shoot at Russian Ships After 'Provocative Manoeuvres'
Russia And Ukraine War: 'Half A Million Troops On Move' With Country Facing 'Wipe Out Blitzkrieg'
In the latest in a series of tensions which could spark war between the two nations, Russia is accused of carrying out "provocative manoeuvres" around Ukrainian artillery ships
Daily Mirror UK, 16 APR 2021.
Vladimir Putin has ordered the biggest troop movement for nearly 50 years, since the height of the Cold War, and is said to be ready to go to war with the US.
Vladimir Putin may have ordered up to half a million troops to the Ukrainian border as fears of war in Europe rise.
A veteran analyst today warned that the country is on the "doorstep of war" thanks to "total mobilisation" on a level not seen for nearly 50 years, at the height of the Cold War.
Russia is ready to go to war with the US if it intervenes, it is claimed - in spite of Joe Biden's call for calm.
Today Russian navy began drills in the Black Sea in a show of strength ahead of the arrival of two US warships in the region.
Videos released today seem to show heavy armaments on the move in Krasnodar region and naval vessels on the Don River.
Russia is known to be switching landing ships and other crafts from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea for the first time since the end of the Soviet era.
Chilling new footage today also showed Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on manoeuvres - while Ukraine also conducted naval exercises off Crimea.
Yesterday Joe Biden called for a summit with Putin in a neutral country - but Russia has vowed decisive action if new Western sanctions follow.
This comes as a veteran independent Russian defence analyst Pavel Felgenhauer has claimed Putin may have ordered the movement of “more than half a million” troops involving forces from the Pacific to the Baltic.
Asked on Ekho Moscow radio if Russia was “on the doorstep of war”, he replied: “Practically, we are.”
He said: “An unprecedented mobilisation of the Russian armed forces is taking place.
“All the armed forces. This has not happened either since 1973, or since 1962. Total mobilisation. All armed forces .
“The exact number of people participating is not officially indicated. Apparently more than half a million.”
He stressed that the movements of troops take place during the day in order to show that Russia is "fully mobilised" and "in full combat readiness".
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