November 7, 2015 (UATODAY) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says
the military alliance is ready to defend its members against Russia's growing
military threat to European and global security. Russia invaded Ukraine last
year, sending Special Forces to seize Crimea and thousands of Russian troops
also occupy eastern regions of the country.
"NATO
has to be able to defend any ally against any threat. We are able to do that
today but we have also to recognize that the world is changing and therefore
NATO has to adapt and now we are addressing the challenge of what we call
long-term adaptation. We have also increased our presence in the eastern part
of the alliance with more pre-positioning and also with the establishment of
the small headquarters, the NATO force integration units and they are key
because they are the link between national forces and NATO forces," Stoltenberg said.
Over the last two years Russia has
conducted numerous large-scale military exercises.
Most recently in October Russian
elite Special Forces carried out anti-terrorist operation drills in the
southern Krasnodar region bordering Crimean peninsula, annexed from Ukraine.
In Moscow on Thursday, Russian
President Putin vowed to protect Russians in conflict areas and said he would
ensure Russians "living abroad" would always have "their
interests" protected.
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