Russian invasion fears grow

As many as 130,000 Russian troops are positioned close to Ukraine’s borders but Moscow insists it has no plans to invade


Russian military positions
NATO troops
U.S. troops*
NATO members

GERMANY
ITALY
BALTIC SEA
Kaliningrad (RUSSIA)

POLAND
1,060
5,400

ESTONIA
1,150

LATVIA
1,650

LITHUANIA
1,100
500

ROMANIA
4,000
1,000

BULGARIA
200 200

RUSSIA 
Moscow
+130,000 Russian troops around Ukraine

BELARUS 
Minsk
MOLDOVA

Kyiv
UKRAINE 
209,000 active troops

Donbas
Controlled by pro-Russian separatists

Crimea
Annexed by Russia in 2014 

BLACK SEA
TURKEY
200km 125 miles


*Some U.S. troops included in NATO figures


Sources: NATO, Rochan Consulting, Bloomberg, Reuters, BBC
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