Russia has threatened to provide an “adequate response” to the prospect of increased U.S. military presence in Eastern Europe and the Baltics, after the governments of both Poland and Lithuania confirmed that they are in talks with Washington about storing heavy US arms.
The relationship between Russia and the West has deteriorated to its lowest point since the end of the Cold War over the Ukrainian crisis and it has already prompted NATO to dramatically heighten defences on its eastern border. Meanwhile Russia has continued to conduct incresaing numbers of military exercises, patrol flights and snap drills near European territory, which …read more
Source: Newsweek