NATO's Prepares For Russia's Massive Zapad Military Exercise

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Jim Townsend, Foreign Policy: Is the U.S. Ready for Russia’s Largest Military Exercises Since the Cold War?

Before his visit to Estonia, Vice President Mike Pence probably didn’t know the Russian word for “west” — zapad. But he knows it now, because it is the codename for one of the largest military exercises that Russia traditionally undertakes in the Baltic region. Estonia, along with Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland are bracing for the appearance of up to 100,000 Russian troops in Belarus and western Russia, including the imposing 1st Guards Tank Army, ahead of the September exercise. Alarmed at the size of the exercise, set to take place so close to the Baltics, the United States has sent additional forces to the region to reinforce NATO forces already deployed there.

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WNU Editor: This is going to be Russia's biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War.

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