Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Russia: show of force and movement of strategic missile units

Yesterday it was reported that Putin has put Northern Fleet in a full combat readiness. Today, there are reports that Russia is performing large scale military positioning toward the West, north and south. In the North-West, Putin is sending additional strategic missile units to Kaliningrad (between Poland and Lithuania), already the most heavily militarized area in Russia. Also, additional fighters and bombers are being moved there.

Apparently Putin doesn't think Crimea is sufficiently militarized yet so he is moving there strategic bombers (TU-22M3 also known as Backfire).

So now, Kaliningrad poses even greater treat to Eastern Europe and Crimea to the entire Black Sea region: Ukraine (of course), Georgia, Moldova, Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria.


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