Vladimir Putin deploys troops to Ukrainian border in response to NATO exercises

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As NATO carried out its biggest exercise in Poland since the end of communism in 1989 – complete with a display of thousands of paratroopers – it emerged that Russian troops have been deployed to the Ukrainian border.
Scores of U.S. troops and then military vehicles parachuted into a spacious, grassy training area on the outskirts of the central city of Torun.
The force’s mission was to secure a bridge on the Vistula River as part of the Polish-led Anakonda-16 exercise that involves about 31,000 troops and runs through mid-June.
Nineteen NATO member nations and five partner nations are contributing troops to the exercise that will train and test their swift joint reaction to threats on land, sea and in the air.

Scores of U.S. troops and military vehicles parachuted into a spacious, grassy training area on the outskirts of the central city of Torun

Camouflage: Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division General Richard D. Clarke, left, runs after jumping during a multi-national jump

M3 Amphibious Rigs from 23 Amphibious Engineer Troop and Pionierbattalion 130 of the German Bundeswehr ferried some of the US 2nd Cavalry Regiment across the River Vistula in Poland as part of the biggest exercise in Poland since the end of communism in 1989

But 750 miles due east in the Russian town of Klintzy on the northern Ukrainian border, President Putin is building a new army base, the latest in a chain of new military sites along what the Kremlin sees as its frontline in a growing confrontation with NATO.
The defence ministry has not acknowledged the deployment of troops to Klintsy, which usually serves as a stop for truck drivers travelling between Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
However, a town council official said Klintsy had been chosen as the site of a newly-formed division, and that so far about 240 soldiers had arrived. ‘What’s to hide? That they’ve come? They’ve arrived,’ said council deputy chairman Oleg Kletny. ‘They’re going to be garrisoned here.’
When completed, the base will be the latest component in a build-up of forces along a line running from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south.

In a complex operation that was precisely planned and timed, troops of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division flew directly from their U.S. base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina – their Boeing C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft were refueled in midair

The Western alliance, which says it’s responding to Russian military intervention in Ukraine, was this week staging one of its biggest exercises in eastern Europe since the end of the Cold War

On the western side of the line, NATO has been rotating troops and equipment in greater numbers to members states that were part of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact during the Cold War.
The Western alliance, which says it’s responding to Russian military intervention in Ukraine, was this week staging one of its biggest exercises in eastern Europe since the end of the Cold War.
In a complex operation that was precisely planned and timed, troops of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division flew directly from their U.S. base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Their Boeing C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft were refueled in midair. The British troops flew from a NATO base in Ramstein, Germany, while the Poles arrived from their base in Krakow, in southern Poland.
The exercise ‘confirmed that we can count on our friends who are capable of flying over the Atlantic to be here with us in a matter of hours,’ said Polish Gen. Miroslaw Rozanski, deputy commander of the exercise. ‘We can look into the future with calm. We have good allies and good partners.’

The British troops flew from a NATO base in Ramstein, Germany, while the Poles arrived from their base in Krakow, in southern Poland

British Airborne forces joined NATO counterparts in mass parachute jumps and air assault operations as part of a simulated mission to restore stability to a troubled region as part in Exercise Swift Response

Russia considers NATO troops’ presence close to its border as a security threat. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Tuesday in Moscow that the military exercise in Poland ‘does not contribute to the atmosphere of trust and security on the continent.’
Poland and other nations in the region, as well as NATO leaders, say that any military presence or exercises are purely defensive and deterrent measures.
The drill is being held just weeks before NATO holds a crucial summit in Warsaw expected to decide that significant numbers of NATO troops and equipment will be based in Poland and in the Baltic states.

US troop’s heavy equipment lands with parachutes at the military compound near Torun, central Poland

But 750 miles due east in the Russian town of Klintzy on the northern Ukrainian border, President Putin is building a new army base, the latest in a chain of new military sites along what the Kremlin sees as its frontline in a growing confrontation with NATO

Russia considers NATO troops’ presence close to its border as a security threat. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Tuesday in Moscow that the military exercise in Poland ‘does not contribute to the atmosphere of trust and security on the continent’

The drill is being held just weeks before NATO holds a crucial summit in Warsaw expected to decide that significant numbers of NATO troops and equipment will be based in Poland and in the Baltic states

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