Putin Troop Buildup Near Ukraine Raises Concerns of Potential 2022 Invasion, U.S. Officials Say

WASHINGTON—Russian President Vladimir Putin is amassing a power envisioned to total 175,000 troops close to Russia’s border with Ukraine, offering him the ability for a likely invasion of his neighbor by early 2022, Biden administration officials claimed Friday.

The officials, citing new intelligence studies that contain pictures from spy satellites, said the Russian army buildup differs markedly from an previously massing of troops in the spring. When concluded, they claimed, it will be 2 times the sizing of that prior buildup. In addition, Russia has embarked on a quick mobilization of reservists.