"Starting from 18 March, Ukrainian intelligence forces and means have been recording Russia's large-scale measures for transferring its troops from remote regions to its areas adjacent to Ukraine. According to available information, the transfer of said units should be completed by the end of April," the intelligence agency says.
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"The military training grounds Pogonovo (Voronezh Oblast), Klintsy (Bryansk Oblast), Opuk and Angarsky (both in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea) were chosen as the main gathering points," according to HUR.The gradual escalation in hostilities started at the beginning of 2021 in the frontline area of Ukraine's Joint-Forces Operation - the warzone in the east of Ukraine, yet starting from March it's incrementally gaining even more momentum. The Russian Federation's armed formations are increasing the number of daily fire attacks, as the sniper ones as those involving the infantry and heavy weapons. In March, nine soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed in hostilities, and now the Ukrainian military has lost ten soldiers in the first 13 days of April.

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Russia wants "the West to be frightened of Russia’s strength, of her power,” said Zelenskyy in an interview with TIME on 9 April.


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"Such deployment was observed by the military intelligence of Ukraine in 2014-2015. Sometime later, the direct aggression of the Russian Federation against our state began," says the Intelligence Directorate in there reply to BBC Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/worldonalert/status/1381972815277142018Shakhty, Rostov Oblast.
— Status-6 (@Archer83Able) April 13, 2021
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The map by Twitter user 5urpher shows the locations of the social media videos of the Russian equipment moving in columns or by train:Looks like a Tor-M2 short-range air defense system's 9A331M combat vehicle from the Southern Military District's 150th Motorized Rifle Division's 933rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. (h/t @askai707)https://t.co/ZXSS0vsUo0 pic.twitter.com/wpN4tyxX5k
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) April 13, 2021
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