WASHINGTON—Russian President Vladimir Putin is collecting a force expected to entire 175,000 troops come Russia’s border with Ukraine, giving him the ability for a most likely invasion of his neighbor by early 2022, administration officers said Friday.
The officers, citing new intelligence reports that encompass photography from imagine satellites, said the Russian army buildup differs markedly from an earlier massing of troops within the spring. When completed, they said, this may per chance maybe be twice the dimensions of that old buildup. As wisely as, Russia has embarked on a fast mobilization of reservists.
