How Russia could attack Ukraine
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With up to 190,000 troops near the Ukrainian border, Russia has a range of options should it decide to invade its neighbour
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Possible targets of Russian attack

Ukrainian armed forces headquarters

Ukrainian  airbase 

Ukrainian naval base
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BELARUS
ROMANIA
Chernobyl
Zhytomyr 
Kyiv 
Ozerne 
Vasylkiv
Vinnytsia 
Novye 
Yurkovichi
Troebortno 
RUSSIA
UKRAINE 
Mykolaiv
Donetsk
Dnieper River
Zaporizhzhia 
Melitopol

Donbas: Held by pro-Russia rebels

Kremenchuk 
Dnipro
MOLDOVA
Sea of Azov
BLACK SEA
Luhansk 
Rostov
Chernihiv 
Boryspil
Kursk 
Belgorod
Myrhorod
Kharkiv
Voronezh
200km 125 miles
Odessa Kherson
CRIMEA*
Sevastopol 
Mariupol 
Berdyansk

*Annexed by Russia in 2014
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Belarus option
Advance on Kyiv to force regime change in Ukraine. Russia could use 30,000 troops that are in Belarus for joint military exercises
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Route from Crimea
Creation of land bridge between Crimea and rebel-held east. Drive towards Kyiv would strand Ukrainian troops east of Dnieper
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Strike from east
Could be initiated to protect Russian speakers in Donbas. About 15,000 rebels may help Russian advance
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Sources: AFP, BBC, Estonian Ministry of Defence
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