I think of near border Russian troops similar to the Right Wing Propaganda media of the USA. It brings pressure.

It is aggressive to effect the political balance of the Ukraine. By the way, the uniforms of post soviet states are basically the same of that of Russians. Why?

That uniform for the post soviet states is about 20 years in need of updating. I hope their 'dress uniforms' at least reflect the sovereign nation where they belong.

But, besides being a sizable invasion force, they are putting pressure on the citizens of the Ukraine. Putin is denying there is a troop build up. He seems to be misinformed which might be signs of a destabilizing Russia and burgeoning on a coup. If the Kremlin has no clue about their military forces, that is not a good sign. 

Russian forces on patrol close to the Crimean city of Simferopol, on March 5, 2014 (AFP Photo/Alexey Kravtsov)

Washington (AFP) - Nearly 100,000 Russian (click here) forces have massed on Ukraine's border, a top Ukrainian defense official told an American audience Thursday, giving a number far higher than US military estimates.

"Almost 100,000 soldiers are stationed on the borders of Ukraine and in the direction ... of Kharkiv, Donetsk, " Andriy Parubiy, chairman of Ukraine's national security council, said via a webcast from Kiev.

"Russian troops are not in Crimea only, they are along all Ukrainian borders. They're in the south, they're in the east and in the north," Parubiy said.

After its intervention in the Crimean peninsula, Russia is plotting to foment separatist sentiment elsewhere and Kiev fears a possible incursion in the country's east, he told the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank....