As of the moment the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation situated near Ukrainian state border got fully operational and are waiting for the order of the Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (V.Putin) to begin large scale intervention into Ukraine. The expected H-hour is any time but not later than May 5, 2014.

The following bulk strengths are involved into this operation:

* Kantemirovskaya Division: deployed in the Bryansk region;

* Taman Division: deployed in the Kursk region;

* 98th Airborne Division: deployed in Taganrog;

* 15th battalion of motorized brigade (Central Military District) and tactical groups of all-arms formations (Southern and Western Military Districts): deployed in Rostov-on-Don;

* Pskov and Tula commandos: deployed to the military training ground near Belgorod Almost the entire Black Sea Fleet is involved. Troop deployment and concentration:

* Polessye area direction:

* up to two groups with overall size up to 12,000 people;

* up to 80 tanks;

* up to 320 armored combat vehicles (ACV);

* up to 60 artillery systems;

* up to 60 combat aircrafts;

* up to 36 attack helicopters

* Donetsk direction:

* up to two groups with overall size up to 12,000 people;

* up to 73 tanks;

* up to 280 ACVs;

* up to 60 artillery systems;

* up to 65 combat aircrafts;

* up to 26 attack helicopters

* Zaporozhye direction:

* up to two tactical groups with overall size up to 5,000 people;

* up to 70 tanks;

* up to 280 ACVs;

* up to 62 artillery systems;

* up to 56 combat aircrafts;

* up to 26 attack helicopters

* Rostov-on-Don:

* the involved group of troops has more than 11,000 people fully armed with automatic weapons;

* 160 tanks;

* 230 ACVs;

* 150 artillery systems;

* Crimea

* armed forces:

up to 28,000 people;

* up to 260 ACVs;

* up to 60 artillery systems;

* up to 34 combat aircrafts;

* up to 26 attack helicopters;

* up to 117 ships

* Transnistria:

* there are 2,400 Russian troops, up to 15,000 Transnistrian troops are fully operational;

* 60 armored vehicles;

* 120 artillery systems (80 multiple launch rocket systems);

* 6 helicopters; NATO fully confirms presense and readiness of the Russian forces: http://aco.nato.int/nato-defends-accuracy-of-satellite-images-with-additional-proof-.aspx The decision of the Federation Council is a mere formality and additional safety net for Putin: http://inforesist.org/sovet-federacii-predlagaet-vvesti-vojska-na-vostok-ukrainy-mirotvorcev/ (Russian, Ukrainian) To counter the invasion of Russian troops NATO urgently laucched a massive transfer of the armored vehicles (more than 250 pcs), aircrafts and helicopters from the American continent to Europe. They will then be placed in the Baltic states, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania: http://censor.net.ua/video_news/282713/armiya_ssha_po_trevoge_perebrasyvaet_bronetehniku_v_evropu_izza_ugrozy_vtorjeniya_rossii_v_ukrainu_video (Russian) Arrows on the map show the most probable attack directions; red circles denote places of concentration of separatists and saboteurs.