Probability of full-scale Russian invasion remains high - Ukrainian army general

50,000 Russian troops and over 30,000 militants are concentrated along the Ukrainian border

The threat of a full-scale Russian invasion has not receded and remains a distinct possibility according to remarks made by a Ukrainian army official.

"According to the available information, there is a high probability of a full-scale invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," Deputy Chief of General Staff General Hennadii Vorobiov said Monday (July 27).

Earlier this month Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine warned that Russia had completed preperations for a massive new invasion in three different directions along the contact line of forces in the Donbas.

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Russia has massed a record number of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine and continues military drills. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says there are 64,000 troops in the wartorn Donbas region of eastern Ukraine trying to stem the advance of Russian-backed forces.

National Security and Defense Council head Oleksandr Turchynov said ( July 13) that there were presently 20 tactical groups of the Russian Armed Forces in eastern Ukraine and another 56 tactical groups located on Russia's border with Ukraine.

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Earlier in July Ukrainian army officials said more than 50,000 Russian troops and over 30,000 militants were concentrated along the Ukrainian border.

 

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