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RIGHT NOW NOTHING IS ROUTINE.
FAST MOVING RUSSIA MILITARY
MOVES INSIDE CRIMEA ARE RAISING
ALARM.
>> NO COUNTRY HAS THE RIGHT TO
SEND IN TROOPS TO ANOTHER
COUNTRY UNPROVOKED.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 6,000
RUSSIAN GROUND AIRBORNE AND NATO
FORCES ARE NOW IN PLACE.
CRIMEA FULLY UNDER RUSSIAN
CONTROL.
IT IS A FACT THAT RUSSIA HAS
SURROUNDED OR TAKEN OVER
PRACTICALLY ALL UKRAINIAN
MILITARY FACILITIES IN CRIMEA.
IT IS A FACT THAT TODAY RUSSIAN
JETS ENTERED UKRAINIAN AIR
SPACE.
>> WHAT YOU HAVE ARE CONVEN
CONVENTIONAL FORCES WITH AN
ABILITY TO CONDUCT LARGER
OPERATIONS.
>> Reporter: THE POSSIBILITY OF
LARGER RUSSIAN MILITARY
OPERATIONS WITH NO ADVANCE
WARNING IS A MAJOR WORRY.
THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
AND NATO ARE URGENTLY TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RUSSIANS MAY
DO NEXT.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ANY
INDICATION OF TROOPS INSIDE
RUSSIA MOVING TO THE BORDER,
LOOKING AT THE DIRECTION AND
SPEED WITH WHICH THEY COULD MOVE
ONE OFFICIAL SAYS.
A WORST CASE SCENARIO?
WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING, RUSSIA
COULD QUICKLY SEND LARGE NUMBERS
OF FRESH TROOPS INTO CRIMEA OR
THE EASTERN UKRAINE.
TELEVISION IMAGES ARE A MAJOR
SOURCE OF INTELLIGENCE.
AT THIS CRIMEA BASE, ARMED
RUSSIAN TROOPS SO FAR NOT
FIRING.
BUT AS MORE RUSSIAN FORCES TAKE
THEIR POSITIONS ACROSS THE
CRIMEA, MOST OMINOUS ARTILLERY
IS IN PLACE FOR LONGER RANGE
OPERATIONS.
>> YOU WANT TO DO YOUR VERY BEST
TO DESTROY YOUR ENEMY AT A
DISTANCE AND NOT WAIT FOR HIM TO
CLOSE WITH YOU.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE ALSO
ATTACK HELICOPTERS TO SUPPORT
GROUND FORCES.
ALL CLASSIC SOVIET ERA MILITARY
TACTICS, WHICH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN MADE SURE THE
CAMERAS SAW AS HE OBSERVED NEW
WAR GAMES IN NORTHWESTERN RUSSIA
WITH NO APPARENT CONCERN THE
U.S. MILITARY WOULD STEP IN HIS
PATH.
>> I HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST WITH
YOU.
THERE IS NOT A MILITARY OPTION
THAT COULD BE EXERCISED NOW.
>> Reporter: NO MILITARY OPTION
FOR THE U.S. AT THIS POINT, BUT
TENSIONS RISING AND THE U.S. IS
VERY WORRIED RIGHT NOW, MANY
SOURCES TELL US, THIS PROPAGANDA
WAR, CHARGES AND COUNTERCHARGES
FLYING BACK BETWEEN MOSCOW AND
KIEV REALLY COULD GET OUT OF