32 thousand NATO troops are stationed on the border between Russia and Belarus

reported by Mehr News Agency quoted by Tass, Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, announced that about 32,000 NATO troops, more than 1,000 armored vehicles, 235 planes and helicopters are stationed near the borders of Russia and Belarus.

Before this, Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council and the former President of Russia, had warned against holding a large NATO exercise. He said that the current NATO exercise is a dangerous game with fire. In this regard, he added that “if this coalition itself has decided to conduct an exercise at such a level, it means that they are really afraid of something.” This senior official of the Russian government went on to say: Russia is not going to attack any of the NATO countries, but if they violate Russia’s territorial integrity, they will face an immediate response.

Medovev also emphasized that “if any NATO country gives its air bases to neo-Nazis, a legitimate goal will be destroyed.”

At the beginning of Bahman, Christopher Cowley, the commander in chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), announced that nearly 90,000 military forces participated in the largest NATO exercise in recent decades, titled “Steadfast Defender 2024” will participate. This exercise started this week and will continue until May (more than three months).

This American general told reporters in Brussels after a two-day meeting of national defense chiefs: It will show transatlantic forces from North America”.

The “Barons” website also quoted Christopher Cowley as saying: This several-month exercise is intended to test NATO’s ability to engage with enemies such as Russia. The military units of 31 NATO members as well as the Swedish military force, which wants to join NATO, are also present in this exercise. According to Barnes, this exercise will consist of a series of smaller individual exercises, from North America to NATO’s eastern flank, close to the Russian border, and will involve 50 naval ships, 80 aircraft and more than 1,100 combat vehicles.

The exercise – NATO’s largest since Reforger in 1988 during the Cold War – comes as NATO, in the face of Russia’s war on Ukraine, He corrects his defense.