![]() Some analysts also feel it may be designed to lead to a major increase in Russian presence in Belarus. Some Eastern European states fear it could be as large as 55,000 to 100,000 military personnel. ![]() It is too early to determine how much of a threat the exercise actually poses. At best, its yet another sign that Russia focuses on confrontation, not partnership, and sees its military modernization as a key lever in reasserting Russian power. ![]() Zapad means "west" in Russian, however, and it is all too clear that the exercise is really designed to act as both a serious effort to improve Russian ability to deploy forces against NATO, and as a warning to the Baltic and other forward states. It is time for NATO to get real! Zapad 2017-the Russian exercise now beginning in Russia and Belarus-focuses on defending Russia against an attack by theoretical threat countries-like "Veishnoriya"-rather than NATO. ![]()
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