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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rory Sullivan and Joe Sommerlad

Why would Russia invade Ukraine?

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With more than 106,000 Russian troops stationed near the Ukrainian border, fears that Vladimir Putin intends to invade his western neighbour continue to linger.

The standoff comes eight years after Russia annexed Crimea and sparked fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where a low-level conflict that has since killed more than 14,000 people is still rumbling on between Kyiv and pro-Russian separatists.

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