www.zerohedge.com 
We earlier highlighted the ongoing “theater of the absurd” moment – that the Pentagon is demanding an urgent explanation as to just what Russian troops are doing… on Russia’s own soil.
The Kremlin in fresh statements Monday has blasted the continued US and NATO allegations of troop build-up for a planned invasion of Ukraine. This accusation has been circulating in Western press for much of the last month, with the latest coming via Bloomberg on Sunday, which wrote based on US officials, “The U.S. has shared intelligence including maps with European allies that shows a buildup of Russian troops and artillery to prepare for a rapid, large-scale push into Ukraine from multiple locations if President Vladimir Putin decided to invade, according to people familiar with the conversations.”
That US briefing was reportedly given to some NATO members as well, and the troop mustering is said to involve 100,000 Russian soldiers in regions near or adjacent to Ukraine, with reservists also being called up.
