NATO troops on high alert in view of fears that President Putin might attack the West

President Vladimir Putin of Russia has been accused of attempting to interfere with the US election process by hacking into the emails of senior members of the Democratic party. He has also recently moved the Iskander nuclear-capable missiles into the Kaliningrad enclave, on the borders with Poland. Therefore, NATO members like Estonia, Poland and Romania are feeling more and more threatened by Moscow.
Obviously, NATO chiefs are in panic that Russian President Vladimir Putin might attack the West and are, therefore, trying to get together a force of 300,000 troops which they can put on 'high alert'.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 7 November 2016.

Relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated because of Moscow's insistence on backing its Syrian ally, President Bashar al-Assad, at all costs. This has led to serious tension with the US, Britain and France. While most of the NATO members have slashed their defense spending after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has been bolstering its military capabilities. It has been holding parades involving more than 100,000 troops each year.
It is understood that it would take NATO at least six months to deploy a force of 300,000 - and it was too slow. President Putin has assured that his country does not want world domination or expansion or confrontation with anyone. Russia values its independence and own identity.


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