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It has also called on the military alliance to roll back its military deployments in Central and Eastern Europe, claiming NATO expansion poses a serious threat to Russia.The U.S. assessment showed that 83 Battalion Tactical Groups (BTGs) made of up to 1,000 troops, each armed with artillery and mortars, are surrounding Ukraine, up from 60 two weeks ago, the source said. They added that it also repeated warnings Russia planned “false flags operations” to justify conflict, including disinformation campaigns, sabotaging infrastructure, or sparking protests or unrest.Moscow has also moved strategic exercises using air, sea and land-based weapons capable of launching nuclear weapons from the fall to later this month, the U.S. official said, describing the assessment.
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