A new buildup of Russian troops along the Ukraine border raised concerns Tuesday that Moscow might be contemplating another intervention like the one that annexed Crimea earlier this year.According to a NATO official,

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Russia now has about 20,000 troops stationed "in an area along the entire border with eastern Ukraine."

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The buildup nearly doubled the troop deployment in the last week by adding 8,000 more forces to 12,000 already there,

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the official said.
It comes a week after the United States and the European Union increased economic sanctions on Russia for supporting pro-Russian separatists fighting Ukraine government forces in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, along the border with Russia.In addition,

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Russia's Defense Ministry is staging a week of military exercises involving air troops and anti-missile defense forces. The exercises are taking place in Russia's southern Astrakhan region,

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roughly 500 miles from the border with Ukraine.Similar military exercises in the region preceded Russia's annexation of Crimea in March,

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which escalated the Ukraine conflict following the ouster of pro-Moscow Prime Minister VikMeanwhile,

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Ukraine government security officials said Monday they were preparing for a "massive assault" on Donetsk city,

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state media reported.

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Inside the city, a rebel stronghold for months, shelling has already pushed some residents underground into cellars and half-built basements.

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Russia's Foreign Ministry claimed in a statement Monday that the Ukrainian military was firing missiles and using multiple rocket systems in and around the city.

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It accused Ukraine's government of wanting to continue the war and called for talks to find a political situation to the crisis.

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With escalated fighting and Ukrainian forces making gains,

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the Russian deployment at the border could portend an intervention under the banner of a peacekeeping operation."

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On a human scale, the situation in the east -- particularly in Donetsk and Luhansk -- is disastrous.

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Today, with all certainty,

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said Tuesday.tor Yanukovych a month earlier.

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