Russia military build-up around Ukraine
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Around 130,000 Russian troops – equipped with everything from tanks and artillery to ammunition and air power – are now surrounding Ukraine on all sides, but Moscow denies it is planning an invasion

Four NATO multinational battlegroups: 5,000 troops

POLAND
UKRAINE
LITHUANIA
LATVIA
BELARUS
ESTONIA
ROMANIA
MOLDOVA
BULGARIA
GEORGIA
RUSSIA
RUS.


Pogonovo
4,000 U.S. troops stationed
Soloti
Pochep
Orzysz
Warsaw
Rukla
Vilnius
Baranovichi 
Brest
Yelnya
Moscow
Tallinn
BALTIC SEA
Boguchar 
Luhansk
Tiraspol
Donetsk
Volgograd Persianovskiy
Rostov
Korenovsk
Tapa
Adazi
Riga
Bucharest
BLACK SEA
Rechytsa
Dnieper
River Kiev
Minsk 
Klintsy 
Asipovicny
Marshala 
Zhukova

Transnistria: Russian-backed breakaway region of Moldova
Donbas: Territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists

200km 125 miles

Sevastopol:
Russian 
Black Sea
Fleet HQ

Crimea: Annexed by Russia in 2014

Craiova: NATO’s multinational brigade 5,000 troops
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Russian troops
25,000
5,000 
1,000
Tanks
Armoured vehicles
Artillery
Other military or air installations

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Sources: Janes, NATO, Reuters, The New York Times, Rochan Consulting
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