PAPA AIR BASE, Hungary — As thousands of U.S. troops drilled for a potential land war to protect NATO allies, the commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe urged Russia to be more transparent about its own upcoming major military exercise and ease anxiety by allowing outside observers.
The Russian exercise, called Zapad (meaning West), is scheduled for September and is part of a rotation of annual drills focused on Russia’s geographically-defined military districts.
The American commander, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, who leads the U.S. Army Europe from a base in Wiesbaden, Germany, said that Russia’s neighbors were anxious and called for …read more
Source: European Voice
