Russian Troops Move To Border As Catastrophic Ukrainian Army Defeat Looms by The European Union Times
Russian Troops Move To Border As Catastrophic Ukrainian Army Defeat Looms by The European Union Times Wednesday February 11 th , 2015 at 9:08 PM The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News 1 Share A new Ministry of Defense ( MoD ) report circulating in the Kremlin today ahead of the “last chance” peace talks on the Ukrainian crisis, scheduled later today in the Belarusian capitol of Minsk, states that President Putin has ordered the 45th Detached Reconnaissance Regiment and the 5th Tank Brigade to immediately deploy on the border as Ukraine forces are nearing a “catastrophic defeat” at the hands of separatist rebel forces. The 5th Tank Brigade of the 36th Army of the Eastern Military Command, military unit 46108, this report notes, was permanently transferred from Eastern Siberia and the Far East to the Ukrainian border this past November, while about 2,000 Russian reconnaissance troops have, likewise, began large-scale exerc