Russia ‘Plans Assault On Ukraine Water Supplies'

 » Formidable naval build-up as four more ships move in  » 150,000 troops amassed along border and in Crimea

- Chris Hughes

RUSSIA is planning an attack on Ukraine to snatch water supply facilities, military sources believe.

There is a growing build-up of Vladimir Putin’s warships near its neighbour, sparking fears of a largescale amphibious assault.

Four Ropucha class ships capable of offloading tanks and thousands of troops have gathered in the Black Sea.

They have joined forces with more than 15 other warships, many diverted from the Caspian Sea, in a navy formation that looks bigger than an exercise.

Moscow now has at least 150,000 heavily armed troops on the border of East Ukraine and in Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.

Sources say the “most likely” attack plan is a maritime and land assault on southern Ukraine from Crimea.