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Russia has added a mechanized infantry division, planning to deploy dozens more tanks, warships and fighters to the Kaliningrad territory.
“NATO is deploying armored forces with multiple multinational strike units near Kaliningrad. To deal with this threat, the leadership of the armed forces must take appropriate measures. One of them is that. The creation of a fully mechanized division in the personnel of the Baltic Fleet, consisting of independent motorized infantry regiments, artillery and armored tanks, “Baltic Fleet commander Alexander Nosatov said today.
Russian artillery and armored maneuvers near the NATO border in 2017. Photo: AP.
Admiral Nosatov said that the Russian army will send 30 new T-72B3M main tanks, a guard ship with cruise missiles and an unknown number of Su-30SM fighters to the Kaliningrad territory. These additional activities will take place next year.
Kaliningrad is the overseas territory of Russia, bounded by two NATO members, Lithuania and Poland, and is also home to the headquarters of the Russian Baltic Naval Fleet.
And NATO have continuously expanded their presence eastward with drills and planes and warships near the Russian border since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. Russia has repeatedly voiced its opposition. , arguing that this action only undermined stability in the region and led to a new arms race, while also deploying more modern weapons in the Kaliningrad region, such as the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile and the system. S-400 air defense to deal with.
The location of the Kaliningrad territories of Russia. Graphics: BBC.
Vu anh (According to the Reuters)
