Russia To Form Three New Military Divisions To Counter ‘Growing Capacity’ Of NATO Along Its Borders

[Purveyor]

Source: Reuters

MOSCOW — Russia will form three new military divisions to counter what it believes is the growing strength of The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Wednesday.

Two of the new divisions will be deployed along Russia’s western border and one along its southern border, Shoigu said in televised remarks. The new divisions will be formed by the end of the year.

Russian media, citing unnamed defence sources, said the new military units would most likely be motorized rifle divisions and number around 10,000 soldiers each.

“The Ministry of Defence has adopted a series of measures to counter the growing capacity of NATO forces in close proximity to the Russian borders,” Shoigu said.

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NATO's New Commander: 'Ready To Fight If Deterrence Fails'


By Charles Recknagel

May 04, 2016

NATO has a new supreme commander, whose job is to strengthen it as a defense force after years of reductions of U.S. troops in Europe.

"We face a resurgent Russia and its aggressive behavior that challenges international norms," U.S. Army General Curtis Scaparrotti said earlier this week upon taking command of U.S. forces in Europe.

He added that the Atlantic alliance's forces must be "ready to fight should deterrence fail."

Scaparrotti became supreme allied commander Europe at a May 4 ceremony at NATO's military headquarters near Mons, in southern Belgium.

His appointment comes at a time when the alliance regards Moscow as a threat to stability over its actions in Ukraine and has largely given up on military or civilian cooperation with Russia.

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[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Very dangerous. It's a Cold War Redux.

[Bad Dog]

2. I suspect this has more to do with the Russian Economy than NATO.

Sabre rattling deflects from economic stagnation. And these divisions will have to be paid for.

[Equinox Moon]

3. One side beefs up, the other side beefs up...

... and on it goes.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

4. Putin really wants to put the band back together. nt

[pangaia]

5. There sure is a lot of money to be made in killing and threatening to kill.

[bemildred]

6. Gee, who could have predicted this? nt

[Duckhunter935]

7. How is NATO growing?

Maybe a couple of battalions? Russia is putting in three divisions, two of those by Ukraine, not even a NATO member.

[braddy]

8. Three entire Divisions???? Those are invasion numbers.

Putin is clearly a threat that we cannot allow Trump to deal with.

[Little Tich]

9. Russia's biggest enemy sits in the Kremlin. nt