Russian President Vladimir Putin has amassed 100,000 troops on the frontlines in eastern Ukraine — sparking fears that the tyrant is ready to launch a new large-scale assault.

Moscow relocated the soldiers to the area outside Pokrovsk, a key Ukrainian transportation hub in the Donetsk region that Russia has spent the last 18 months trying to conquer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Kyiv’s allies now fear that the latest push around the city is part of Putin’s strategy to make a big year-end push to conquer the remaining strongholds in the area and fulfill his ambition of capturing the entire Donbas region, Bloomberg reported . 5

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The buildup of Russian troops near Pokrovsk sparked worries at last week’s European security council meeting as leaders worked to hash

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