Russia has issued a warning to NATO not to follow up its troop deployment to the Baltic region with a reinforcement in the Black Sea region, Russian newspaper Kommersant reports.
Two years since embarking on a limited but much awaited reinforcement of the Baltic region, NATO announced earlier this year that it will rotate four whole battalions through Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and nearby Poland.
All four allies have welcomed the move, having repeatedly expressed fears Russia may take advantage of their Soviet past, geography and smaller militaries, to launch an offensive. These fears have come to the fore since Russia’s …read more
Source: Newsweek
