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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:32 AM Jun 2014

Russia and NATO Flex Muscles at Parallel Baltic War Games

Source: Moscow Times.

Russia on Tuesday launched a military exercise in Kaliningrad in response to NATO drills across the border amid Russian accusations the alliance is escalating tensions.

The exercise in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad involves units of the Baltic Sea Fleet, the Air Force and paratrooper forces, Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday in a statement on its website.

The ministry did not specify the exercise's duration or its name, but stressed that the number of troops deployed matched those involved in NATO's Saber Strike 2014 and Baltops 2014 war games.

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Russia was set to participate in the Baltops 2014, but the plan was torpedoed after NATO severed all cooperation with Moscow over tensions in Ukraine, where Russia and Western countries back opposing sides in a conflict simmering in the country's east.

Read more: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-and-nato-flex-muscles-at-parallel-baltic-war-games/501812.html

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Russia and NATO Flex Muscles at Parallel Baltic War Games (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jun 2014 OP

Also in Georgia jakeXT Jun 2014 #1

I love the smell of testosterone in the morning! heaven05 Jun 2014 #2

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

1. Also in Georgia

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:13 AM

Jun 2014

The official opening ceremony of the Georgian-US joint exercise “Agile Spirit 2014” was held in Vaziani, on the military base of the IV Mechanized Brigade today. Deputy Defence Minister Mikheil Darchiashvili opened the solemn ceremony. Deputy Chief of General Staff of GAF, Brigadier-General Vladimer Chachibaia, National Guard Commander, Brigadier-General Levan Gamkrelidze and the leadership of GAF attended the event.

The brass band of National Guard performed the state anthems of Georgia and the United States of America. Participants of the military exercise and invited guests held a minute of silence to honor the memory of the Georgian servicemen fallen in fight for territorial integrity of Georgia (war with Russia in 2008) and in international missions.

http://www.mod.gov.ge/?newsid=2945&lang=en

heaven05

(18,124 posts)

2. I love the smell of testosterone in the morning!

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:54 AM

Jun 2014

It's apparent.

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