NATO Starts Major Drill Near Russia’s Border – 20K Troops, Hundreds of Ships and Aircraft Congregate on Northern Regions of Finland, Norway and Sweden
For years it has been a complete taboo to seriously address the NATO eastward expansion and how this breached agreements with Russia in the post-Soviet era.
But now the genie has left the bottle for all to see.
With the ascension of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Alliance, this expansion has reached peak momentum, and in this context, the Nordic response military exercise right at the bear’s borders is not a very welcome development.
NATO’s drill will kick off today (04) to defend the ‘newly expanded Nordic territory,’ with more than 20,000 soldiers from 13 nations taking part in it.
The exercise will last roughly two weeks, and take place in the northern regions of Finland,