“They have appropriately deployed the various elements of airpower that would be needed to establish air superiority over the battlefield and directly support the ground troops,” said Philip Breedlove, a retired U.S. Air Force general who served as the top NATO military commander when Russian forces seized Crimea and intervened in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
Gen. Breedlove said the photos indicated that the Russian units weren’t poised to strike immediately but said Moscow has multiple options to take military action.