U.S. warns Russia may invade Ukraine
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The U.S. is raising the alarm with European allies that Russia may be planning an invasion of Ukraine as tensions flare between Moscow and the EU over migrants and energy supplies
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New satellite images show Russian troops with heavy equipment massing near western border. Military build-up includes covert deployment of elite troop units, defence firm Janes says
Ukraine claims there are now 100,000 Russian troops near its border
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MIGRANT CRISIS Belarus threatens to cut off gas supplies if EU imposes further sanctions over migrant crisis on Belarusian- Polish border
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Troops deployed

ESTONIA
LATVIA
LITHUANIA 
Vilnus
Moscow
Yelnya
Minsk 
RUSSIA
RUSSIA
Warsaw 
POLAND
BELARUS 
UKRAINE
Kyiv
Bryansk 
Voronezh
Kursk
MOLDOVA
GERMANY
BALTIC SEA
BLACKSEA

Yamal-Europe pipeline
One fifth of Russian gas supply to EU passes through Belarus

NATO member 
Gas pipelines

CRIMEA: Annexed by Russia in 2014

Area held by Russian-backed separatists

Kuznica-Bruzhi border crossing: Thousands wait, hoping to enter EU

200km
125 miles
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Sources: Bloomberg, Janes, Warsaw Institute
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