Ever since Russia’s seizure of Crimea and incursion into eastern Ukraine, a hyper-assertive Moscow has continuously tested its neighbors’ tolerance of Russian military activities near their national boundaries. In Europe, where Russian planes and ships have crossed into neighboring waters or airspace dozens of times since early 2014. And Russia has taken a provocative military stance all the way to the US, most recently in late April when nuclear-capable Russian bombers penetrated a US air defense zone near Alaska. Russian military infringement on neighboring borders, airspace, or bodies of water tests the resolve of Moscow’s geopolitical adversaries and demonstrates Russia’s …read more
Source: Business Insider
