Putin deploys troops to Ukrainian border in response to NATO exercises in Poland where thousands of troops continue to display military skills to send warning to Russia
More than 30,000 NATO troops carried out biggest exercise in eastern Europe since end of communism in 1989
Russia is building a new army base in Klintzy, on the northern Ukrainian border in response to NATO threat
The exercise began today when scores of US troops landed near Polish city of Torun and it will last throughout June
Nineteen NATO nations contributed troops to train and test their joint reaction to threats on land, sea and in the air
By ISABEL HUNTER
DailyMail.com
8 June 2016
As NATO carried out its biggest exercise in Poland since the end of communism in 1989 – complete with a display of thousands of paratroopers – it emerged that Russian troops have been deployed to the Ukrainian border.
Scores of U.S. troops and then military vehicles parachuted into a spacious, grassy training area on the outskirts of the central city of Torun.
The force’s mission was to secure a bridge on the Vistula River as part of the Polish-led Anakonda-16 exercise that involves about 31,000 troops and runs through mid-June.
Nineteen NATO member nations and five partner nations are contributing troops to the exercise that will train and test their swift joint reaction to threats on land, sea and in the air.
But 750 miles due east in the Russian town of Klintzy on the northern Ukrainian border, President Putin is building a new army base, the latest in a chain of new military sites along what the Kremlin sees as its frontline in a growing confrontation with NATO.
The defence ministry has not acknowledged the deployment of troops to Klintsy, which usually serves as a stop for truck drivers travelling between Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
However, a town council official said Klintsy had been chosen as the site of a newly-formed division, and that so far about 240 soldiers had arrived. ‘What’s to hide? That they’ve come? They’ve arrived,’ said council deputy chairman Oleg Kletny. ‘They’re going to be garrisoned here.’
When completed, the base will be the latest component in a build-up of forces along a line running from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south.
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