Russia orders troops into eastern Ukraine
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President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine after recognising them as independent states. The U.S. has accused Russia of creating a pretext for war

Four NATO multinational battlegroups: 5,000 troops
NATO air policing mission 
NATO members
Russian positions (as of Feb 18) Up to 190,000 troops surrounding Ukraine
Ground forces 
Air bases 
Naval bases
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BALTIC SEA

Tallinn 
Amari 
Tapa
ESTONIA
Adazi
LATVIA
Lielvarde 
Siauliai
LITHUANIA
RUS.
Malbork 
Orzysz 
POLAND
Warsaw
Lask
SLOVAKIA 
HUNGARY
BELARUS
Riga
Yelnya 
Asipovicny
Rukla 
Vilnius
Brest
Marshala 
Zhukova
Voronezh
Soloti
Boguchar
Minsk
Baranovichi 
Rechytsa
Pripyat River
Moscow
RUSSIA
Pochep Klintsy
UKRAINE
Dnieper River
BULGARIA
MOLDOVA
Luhansk 
Donetsk
ROMANIA
Persianovskiy 
Rostov
Korenovsk
Bucharest
GEORGIA
Kyiv
BLACK SEA
Volgograd

200km 125 miles

Claimed by separatists, held by Ukraine

Held by pro-Russian separatists
 
Craiova: NATO multinational brigade 4,000 troops

Crimea: Annexed by Russia in 2014

Sevastopol: Russian Black Sea Fleet HQ

Deveselu: NATO missile defence system

Feb 21: Convoys of tanks reported entering Ukraine

Transnistria: Russian-backed breakaway region of Moldova
 
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Sources: Center for Strategic and International Studies, NATO, Reuters
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