Russia’s Western Military District has announced the deployment of more troops as well as motorized units into their western region, saying they are meant to “perform tasks on ensuring the defense of the Russian Federation in the Western Strategic direction.”
This puts more Russian forces in the area near the NATO frontier, after years of US and NATO troops being deployed in the Baltic and in other areas bordering Russia. This is a continuation of that buildup, with an eye toward further tit-for-tat challenges.
The timing is curious, as this comes just as 9,500 US forces were removed from Germany. Though these troops are not specifically on the border, historically US-German ties were about confronting Russia in eastern Europe.
Both sides seem to believe they need to react to ensure a balance in the region, and while a Russia-NATO war would be unbelievably catastrophic, it is probably going to continue driving deployments in the region to retain deterrence.
Perhaps the movement of nukes to Poland is a catalyst?
Did the nukes actually move? I thought it was only talk?
Russia moving troops inside its own boarders is seen as more provocative than the US sending troops and lethal weapons all over the fuc*ing planet. The NATO frontier? Wow.
Ah, but that is just US “exceptionalism”.
This article sound`s like it`s coming from NATO`s propaganda department or from Pompeo.
“Russia Deploys More Troops, Units Near NATO Military Borders”
NATO is not a country, but an Military alliance ( US tool ) who broke all agreements with Russia, did not dismantle after the cold war ended, ( like the Warsaw Pact did ) and deployed its Military closer and closer to Russia`s borders.
NATO`s drills are war games with the aim after a US first strike, to cripple and invade Russia.
This dream for centuries has never left the US/ Western countries mindset.
The article header makes it sound like Russia has moved its country to Nato borders! Russia is only stationing troops on its own territory, if that is close to Nato then maybe the latter should withdraw a little.
Exactly!!
Exactly. American troops have advanced to Russia’s borders and Russia is to blame.
yes Russia has always been displayed as the aggressor.
i suppose budapest in 1956 doesn’t count. we had hungarian refugees swarming in our little town trying to escape the barbaric russians.
I posted a comment with a link to this video at the original Newsweek story. I read their guidelines and it says nothing about links not allowed. The comment was rejected because the truth is not allowed there. All the other comments are anti-Russian so I assume comments that challenge their lies are “inappropriate.”
This idea should leave western countries mind set Think about Russia’s only real self defense. Nuclear Armed missiles dropping from every direction from outer space . If that can’t change your mind nothing will .
The kind of people driving this mindset (do not care about their drones), will never change their mindset. They are driving this narrative since 10th century when they lost control. And tried and nearly succeeded in regime changing many a time since. Now that they can influence the biggest military alliance on this planet — what makes you think they would give up. The only time you see any appearance of softening is when Russia is weak. That is when the dreams of taking it by internal disintegration flourish. The moment Russia dashes those dreams it is back to naked hate.
we’ve got russia running scared now. they have never been able to defend their homeland successfully. they have tried on occasion but the country is a hellhole and will be until we take it over. it is a lot of territory for even us to control so we will have to slice it into sections so all nato countries will get a piece of it. the ukraine is ok and we will leave that one alone. crimea should secede immediately from those ruthless barbarians and we will let them be their own country. russia is like a dead star that has burned itself out.
Do you recall when the people of Crimea voted to leave Ukraine and join back with their traditional country Russia again . Medvedev was the President of Russia during this time period . A bunch of NATO warships stormed into the Black sea . Medvedev got scared and telephoned his top commander and asked now what can I do . The commander’s answer was ” don’t worry if those ships cause trouble here I can make everyone of those ships disappear ” We intercepted this call, and we did not cause trouble there .
that was more in line with what russia did to get crimea to sign that referendum. they strongly suggested that unless they signed it those tanks they heard rumbling on the border would move in. so the good people of crimea accepted the lesser of two evils. crimea wanted to get away from the ukraine but wanted to be their own country, not a russian state. but they were threatened with destruction unless they signed that referendum so they caved.
Crimea – 1.5 million Russians, 345 thousand Ukranians. Having seen what Ukraine has done in the Donbass, there is no way Crimeans want that happening to them.
Why can’ You be happy for people for once! With all the misery the Exceptional Empire brought to mother Earth, Crimean people had lived to rejoice their return to Russia.
No Solzhenitsyn and Putin made the Russian citizens proud of Russia again . Russia’s star is shining again
russia is an oligarthy. nothing wrong with that but it is what they are.
Is an oligarthy like an oligarchy?
yes, the russian version.
A drone at work.
you sound exactly like a moron at Southfront.org, his name is Jens Holm…..are you related to him?
no, but i’ll head on over there. i won’t be missed here. never knew there were so many against u.s. policies. they can be a bit overbearing at times but we mean well.
It’s called anti-war for a reason. And our policy is war.
wars would end if everyone adopted the u.s.a.’s principles and doctrines. this is why we invade. to educate and inform that there is a better way of life. our way.
So Saudi Arabia and Egypt have adopted the principles and doctrines of the US? Is that “our way”? Why would we sell weapons to them instead of invading? And why do we keep our 5th fleet in that bastion of democracy, Bahrain?
The vast majority of countries in the World are against US policies
Yes, curious timing. Some (not specified) are going to — Poland. What better way to attack Russia but by Poland and Ukraine — all Slavic countries, and have fun as they kill each other.
It is too bad Americans do not care about history. Otherwise would understood the motivations of those who up until 18th century made wealth selling millions of slaves from these three countries for centuries making immense fortunes.
Fortunes stashed un European countries, that found its way to our shores as well. The very word slave in German, French and English comes from the Slavic ethnicity of those forgotten millions of men, women and children.
Slave ports in Crimea hold many secrets. And from the time Russians lost Crimea first to Mongols, then to Tatars who became vassals of Ottomans— the rulers changed, but slave merchants remained the same. All until Catherine the Great who in 18th century liberated Crimea and ended slave trade.
There are many forgotten lives that matter.
… I guess we know where those 9,500 troops from Germany are going…