
Russian military capacity on Ukraine's border is on a 'more lethal scale' than 2014 Crimea invasion, US official says
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Moscow has positioned approximately 100 tactical groups and nearly all its ready ground forces based west of the Urals at different spots along its border with Ukraine, Nuland told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "Much of this comes right out of Putin's 2014 playbook," Nuland said, "but this time, it is much larger and on a much more lethal scale."
This time, the US and its allies will also respond differently to any military action against Ukraine, Nuland said. While she declined to offer specific examples in an open hearing, she said the US and European allies "will be united in imposing severe consequences on Moscow for its actions, including high impact economic measures that we have refrained from using in the past."

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