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US Ambassador To OSCE: Russia Has 169-190k Troops Near Ukraine

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US Ambassador to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Micheal Carpenter has released a statement saying that "We assess that Russia probably has massed between 169,000-190,000 personnel in and near Ukraine as compared with about 100,000 on January 30. This estimate includes military troops along the border, in Belarus, and in occupied Crimea; Russian National Guard and other internal security units deployed to these areas; and Russian-led forces in eastern Ukraine."

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