Ukraine, Wp: Russia plans blitz with 175,000 soldiers

(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, DEC 04 - The Kremlin is planning an offensive in Ukraine on several fronts at the beginning of next year using 100 battalion tactical groups with an estimated number of 175,000 soldiers, along with armored vehicles, artillery and other equipment. The Washington Post writes, citing US executives and unclassified documents of the American intelligence, including satellite images. Documents from which would emerge the massing of Russian forces in four places along the Ukrainian border and the present presence of 50 battalion tactic groups.

   "The Russian plans foresee a military offensive against Ukraine in early 2022 with a scale of forces double that which we saw last spring during the Russian rapid exercises close to the Ukrainian borders", confided an executive of the administration under anonymity.

"The planes involve the extended movement of 100 battle groups with an estimated number of up to 175,000 soldiers, along with armored vehicles, artillery and other equipment," he added.

However, the US estimates that Moscow currently has 70,000 troops near the Ukrainian border, against the approximately 94,000 reported by Kiev.

The warning from the 007 Americans comes on the eve of the upcoming virtual summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin.

(HANDLE).