Operation Atlantic Resolve aims to boost NATO's military presence in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States after the eruption of the Ukrainian crisis in 2014, with Western countries using alleged Russian interference in Ukraine's affairs as a pretext.
The US Army Europe has started deploying its heavy military vehicles to strategic locations in Eastern Europe and the Baltics as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, according to the Defense News website.
A total of 3,300 personnel and 2,500 pieces of equipment, including 87 Abrams tanks and 18 Paladin howitzers, will be delivered to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as well as Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.
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Defense News cited military officials as saying that they perceive the deployment as “a large-scale exercise meant to stress logistics skills that would be needed in case of a war on the continent.”
Operation Atlantic Resolve was launched to increase NATO's military buildup in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States amid the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, with Western countries using alleged Russian interference in Ukrainian affairs as a pretext.
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Moscow has repeatedly voiced its protest against the alliance's buildup, saying that it will undermine regional stability and result in new tensions.
In March 2017, Russian envoy to NATO…
