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Vladimir Putin is claimed to be on the march this week as witnesses reported large amounts of Russian military hardware amassing in northern Crimea.

Russia also closed its checkpoints along the Crimean border with Ukraine on Sunday amidst fears and invasion of the former Soviet state could be on the cards.

Now shocking footage has emerged allegedly showing dozens of tanks on a train moving towards Kerch, in Crimea, from the Krasnodar, in Russia.

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The powder keg region is reaching breaking point as NATO continues to deploy troops to the Baltic to meet the rising Russian threat.

Putin has promised to "guarantee the Motherland's sovereignty" in the face of the build-up – bolstering Russia's military might with a new special task force to combat the Western Alliance.

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump warned any NATO intervention to take back Crimea from Russia would spark World War 3.

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The video captured from the window of a car shows a train clattering towards the Kerch ferry.

Jammed with tanks and other military gear, this latest troop movement adds to tensions Russia has enough forces in the Baltic region to launch an invasion overnight.

The ferry crosses the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, from Russia into Crimea.

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Ukraine are currently quaking as they believe a full-scale invasion from Russia is possible "at any minute".

Russian forces annexed Crimea in early 2014 and there have been fears ever since Putin may turn his guns on Ukraine.

Andriy Lysenko, a military spokesman for Ukraine's president, said: "The occupiers are conducting manoeuvres and we should understand that at any minute, at any hour, they could start a large-scale or small-scale attack."

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Predictions have been made a global conflict could be break out next year as tensions between Russia and NATO look set to snap.

Warning's have been made about the power of Russia's submarine fleet with fears the alliance does not have the defences to stop the secretive nuclear-powered vessels.

Russia is currently ramping up its military power in the Middle East as they appear to be fighting a proxy war against the West in region as the back Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria.