US says Russia massing troops near Ukraine

Moscow denounces US ‘smear campaign'

The United States has accused Russia of massing troops near Ukraine and preparing to give a high-tech missile system to separatist rebels fighting there, as Moscow and Kiev traded allegations of shelling each other’s territory.

As Russia’s condemned Washington’s alleged “smear campaign” against it, the country’s powerful investigative committee – which answers to President Vladimir Putin – claimed Kiev’s troops had tried to kill Russian law enforcement officers with mortar fire.

Douglas Lute, the US ambassador to Nato, told a security conference yesterday there were now “over about 15,000 Russian troops amassed along the border with Ukraine”.

 

I think it ultimately unlikely that Russia would invade Ukraine, thus far they seem committed to keeping up the pretenses.

 

"smear campaign"?

Not enough outrage from world leaders imo.

 

meanwhile the USA and UN are just standing by
Its fine, "lets just slap some sanctions on Russia and "" see how it goes "" GG