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U.S. ups the ante against Russia

By Tara Copp

Published January 30, 2015 10:00am ET

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U.S. ups the ante against Russia — Rescue workers try to pull out a piece of an exploded Grad missile outside an apartment building in Vostochniy district of Mariupol, Eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. The Ukrainian president called the blitz a terrorist attack and NATO and the U.S. demanded that Russia stop supporting the rebels. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) | Evgeniy Maloletka

In a show of force against further Russian incursion in Europe, President Obama’s budget request will include an extra $800 million in funding to bolster its European presence and the Pentagon will begin moving hundreds of pieces of heavy artillery there.

It’s been almost a year since Russian forces entered Crimea, annexed it, and then began the subterfuge of sympathizing with rebels it claimed it was providing no military support to.

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