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March 30 2014
Rogers: Troop movement, 'covert operation' suggests Putin not
finished in Ukraine
March 23, 2014: An anti-war rallier with a sign depicting Russian
President Vladimir Putin, Independence Square, in Kiev,
Ukraine.NEWS.GNOM.ES
Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing telltale signs that he
intends to extend his control over Ukraine and perhaps elsewhere in
Eastern Europe, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers
said Sunday.
Beyond assembling military armor and tens of thousands of troops along
the Russia-Ukraine border, Putin is moving troops in northern Georgia
and planting intelligence officers in Ukraine, the Michigan Republican
told "Fox News Sunday."
He said Russian troops in the northern region of Georgia, known as
South Ossetia, are on the move, perhaps to go into Armenia or toward
the Baltic Sea.
"There's no way I'd take this as any other way than Putin is working
for a land bridge," Rogers said.
He said the Russian president also is engaged in a more "covert
operation" by sending intelligence officers and special forces into
eastern Ukraine to try to convince citizens to allow Russia to annex
their country, like Putin did with Ukraine's Crimea region earlier
this month.
Russian officials have argued they are only trying to protect their
interests in Ukraine amid months of political turmoil that results in
the ouster of that country's Moscow-backed president several weeks
ago.
They have also said the troop buildup along the Ukraine border is part
of routine military exercises.
However, Rogers says the real concern is the kind of buildup, which
includes heavy armor as well as light and heavy infantry.
Rogers says he has no way of knowing Putin's exact intentions and is
basing his analysis on how he has acted in the past.
Besides annexing Crimea, Putin sent troop into Ossetia in 2008 to take
control of the region.
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March 30 2014
Rogers: Troop movement, 'covert operation' suggests Putin not
finished in Ukraine
March 23, 2014: An anti-war rallier with a sign depicting Russian
President Vladimir Putin, Independence Square, in Kiev,
Ukraine.NEWS.GNOM.ES
Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing telltale signs that he
intends to extend his control over Ukraine and perhaps elsewhere in
Eastern Europe, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers
said Sunday.
Beyond assembling military armor and tens of thousands of troops along
the Russia-Ukraine border, Putin is moving troops in northern Georgia
and planting intelligence officers in Ukraine, the Michigan Republican
told "Fox News Sunday."
He said Russian troops in the northern region of Georgia, known as
South Ossetia, are on the move, perhaps to go into Armenia or toward
the Baltic Sea.
"There's no way I'd take this as any other way than Putin is working
for a land bridge," Rogers said.
He said the Russian president also is engaged in a more "covert
operation" by sending intelligence officers and special forces into
eastern Ukraine to try to convince citizens to allow Russia to annex
their country, like Putin did with Ukraine's Crimea region earlier
this month.
Russian officials have argued they are only trying to protect their
interests in Ukraine amid months of political turmoil that results in
the ouster of that country's Moscow-backed president several weeks
ago.
They have also said the troop buildup along the Ukraine border is part
of routine military exercises.
However, Rogers says the real concern is the kind of buildup, which
includes heavy armor as well as light and heavy infantry.
Rogers says he has no way of knowing Putin's exact intentions and is
basing his analysis on how he has acted in the past.
Besides annexing Crimea, Putin sent troop into Ossetia in 2008 to take
control of the region.
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