Newsweek: U.S. Military Sends Troops to Russian Border, Officials Say They Want ‘Peace, Not War’ With Russia
Russia has accused the U.S. of violating a peace treaty between Moscow and the Western military pact NATO after the Pentagon deployed a new force in the tense Baltic region. It's the latest of several Western moves seen as provocations by Russia, which has vowed to respond.
The U.S. announced Thursday the arrival of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in a Polish NATO outpost located about 100 miles from Russia's militarized enclave of Kaliningrad. The troops are part of Washington's latest effort to bolster allied nation's against what they perceive to be a military threat from neighboring Russia. Moscow, however, has accused the U.S. and its NATO allies of undermining Russia's own security by surrounding it with hostile forces.
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WNU Editor: Russia is responding .... Russia Reportedly May Send More Iskander Missiles To Kaliningrad (RFE). More here .... Russia mulls boosting missile capabilities on NATO border (DW).
