Experts estimate the costs of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine: 50,000 dead civilians

Given the strong tensions between Russia Y UkraineExperts estimate that an invasion would kill up to 50,000 civilians in just two days, in addition to triggering a humanitarian crisis with up to 5 million refugees, according to US military and intelligence assessments.

According to an article in the Washington Post, the growing concerns arise after the registered bombers on the border with Ukraineas well as the arrival of 62,000 Russian troops that are supported by tens of thousands of additional staff to provide logistical, air and medical support for a possible assault.

Given the facts, initially skeptical US officials appear to have changed their minds as the troop buildup continues, a congressional aide said.

“Our concern would be that they don’t station battlegroups… at the border of another country twice and do nothing,” a European official said, referring to an earlier buildup last year. “I think that’s the real fear I have. [Putin] now he put them all out there. If he does nothing again… what does that say to the international community at large about the might of Russia?”

Until now, the president Vladimir Putin met with the Chinese president, Xi Jinpingat the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, where both leaders issued a statement affirming their mutual grievances about the US-led international order, since the expansion of the NATO to security alliances in the Asia-Pacific region. While the United States and its allies have threatened harsh sanctions that could cripple Russia’s oil and gas exports, among other things, Moscow and Beijing have agreed on new energy cooperation via a Russian gas pipeline to China.

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