Standoff with Nato deepens
KLINTSY, Russia: Russia is building an army base near its border with Ukraine, the latest in a chain of new military sites along what the Kremlin sees as its frontline in a growing confrontation with Nato.
While there have been no clashes between the former Cold War rivals, Russia is building up forces on its western frontiers at a time when the Nato alliance is staging major military exercises and increasing deployments on its eastern flank.
A Reuters reporter who visited the Russian town of Klintsy, about 50 km from Ukraine, saw a makeshift army camp, large numbers of …read more
Source: The News International
