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Specialized US Army unit helps Russia’s neighbors train against large-scale attacks

If tiny Latvia’s single active army brigade ever came under attack by Russian forces, its task would be keeping them on their heels while staying alive long enough for allies to send reinforcements, the brigade commander said. “It’s not like 1945, when we were on our own,” said Col. Sandris …

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Naval presence in Mediterranean and Black seas at highs rarely seen since Cold War

Warships are transiting the Mediterranean Sea and nearby waters in numbers rarely seen in recent decades, adding another dimension to the ongoing tensions between NATO and Russia over Moscow’s military buildup along Ukraine’s borders. While the focus remains on the 130,000 Russian troops massed along Ukraine’s land borders and whether …

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US and NATO deem Russia a persistent threat to Europe, will add battlegroups in response

NATO military commanders will draw up plans for the creation of allied battlegroups in central and southeastern Europe, in response to the “new normal” of a persistent Russian threat to the Continent, the alliance’s top official said Wednesday. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said there is no evidence that Moscow has begun …

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