NATO Warns of Possible Russian Invasion of Ukraine

From the Telegraph:

Russia is preparing to send troops into eastern Ukraine under the pretext of mounting a humanitarian mission to save Russian-speaking separatist rebels in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, Nato and US officials have warned. 

Russia has now massed 20,000 troops on its border with Ukraine and it is conducting a week of military exercises in a show of force to intimidate Ukrainian government forces who are now pressing the rebels, deepening fears of a Russian intervention. 

... The Nato statement came hours after Russia called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday night warning that the regions of Luhansk and Donetsk were "on the brink of a humanitarian disaster" and calling for the international community to intervene.

The article notes that NATO and the US lack intelligence on what Pres. Putin is thinking or planning. Probably an unfortunate consequence of the NSA's decision to exceed its mandate by spying on Americans rather than concentrating on foreign countries.