Russia is set to provoke Ukraine into a military response, GUR MO says.
Russia may try to go for an incursion and deploy its troops deeper into the territory of Ukraine, Ukraine's military intelligence agency, GUR MO, has reported.
Russia is also preparing to provoke Ukraine into a military response, GUR MO reported April 1.
"The Russian Federation is completing preparations for a set of measures, aimed at pushing our country for a military response to the invaders' hostile action on the contact line in eastern Ukraine, expanding Russia's military presence on the territory of the so-called 'DPR' and 'LPR' by introducing regular units of the Russian armed forces, justifying the move by the need to protect Russian citizens in the self-proclaimed republics (in fact, citizens of Ukraine, who were forcibly handed Russian passports over the recent years)," the report says.
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The GUR added that Russian diplomatic missions and pro-Kremlin media had been instructed to be ready to report and explain to the international community information about the allegedly "aggressive moves by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 'peacekeeping' efforts by Russia in response."
Russian military buildup along Ukraine borders