BRUSSELS, April 11. /ITAR-TASS/. NATO headquarters in Europe has issued satellite photographs claiming to show Russian troop concentrations on the border with Ukraine.

The military bloc's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) basis its allegation on images taken by a commercial satellite between March and early April, claiming to show that the build-up of Russia’s military might had occurred early in March.

SHAPE command alleges Russian troops massed on the border number between 35,000 and 40,000.