Russian build-up around Ukraine

Russia is upping the ante in Ukraine with an eye on the 25th anniversary of Ukrainian independence on August 24 and the G20 summit on September 4

Image shared online on Aug 16 claims to show Russian tanks in east Ukraine

Russian military build-up

Troops: 30,000+

Approx.10,000

3,500-5,000

Hardware

Air activity

Naval activity

Missiles (S-400)

Convoy

Dates of military activity

Before May 4, 2016

May 4-Aug 1

Aug 7-12

POLAND

MOLDOVA

ROMANIA

BELARUS

UKRAINE

Transnistria: Separatist region in Moldova

Border closed Aug 7

Sevastopol

Black Sea

Kiev

Crimea: Annexed by Russia in March 2014

RUSSIA

Voronezh

Kharkiv

Luhansk

Donetsk

Rostov

Stavropol

Novorossiysk

200km 125 miles

Eastern Ukraine Territory held by separatists

Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Financial Times

Picture: Ukrinform