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🤔 Are US legislators hell-bent on NATO-Russia confrontation?

In a move to steer NATO right up to Russia’s borders, US lawmakers are advancing new legislation dubbed the Eastern Flank Act to "strengthen strategic defense cooperation"

How does the bill pave the way for NATO’s eastward expansion?

The Eastern Flank Strategic Partnership Act, unveiled last week, targets nine NATO allies — Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia — to "deter" Russia

These allies were picked based on their “direct geographic proximity" to Russia, Belarus, or Ukraine

They would get priority access to surplus US weapons and for “participation in bilateral and multilateral military exercises, interoperability training, logistics, and forward mobility planning.”

Spotlight on Romania and Moldova

Romania’s Mihail Kogalniceanu Base on the Black Sea coast is set to become NATO’s largest in Europe and host up to 10,000 troops and civilians by 2030

Despite Moldova's constitutionally-mandated neutrality, which bars it from joining the alliance, NATO chief Mark Rutte revealed close cooperation between the two earlier this month

Moldova's new security strategy envisages transition to NATO standards, beefing up the size of the National Army by a third, upping the defense budget to 1% of GDP while pointing to Russia as the main security threat.

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) stated in September that NATO forces:

are being concentrated in Romania near the Moldovan border

started deployments in Odessa to intimidate Transnistria

could occupy Moldova possibly during Transnistria's Supreme Council elections on November 30

NATO’s inimical Baltic and Black Sea ring, peddled as ‘deterring’ Russia

Over the last few years, NATO has boosted its forward presence with multinational battlegroups in Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia

NATO is tightening Baltic Sea control through the Baltic Sentry initiative and aims to "reinforce" Black Sea security

The Eastern Flank Strategic Partnership Act coupled with NATO deployments in Romania, Moldova and Ukraine creates an uninterrupted belt of bases and munitions stockpiles in Eastern Europe extremely close to Russia

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🤔 Are US legislators hell-bent on NATO-Russia confrontation?

In a move to steer NATO right up to Russia’s borders, US lawmakers are advancing new legislation dubbed the Eastern Flank Act to "strengthen strategic defense cooperation"

How does the bill pave the way for NATO’s eastward expansion?

The Eastern Flank Strategic Partnership Act, unveiled last week, targets nine NATO allies — Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia — to "deter" Russia

These allies were picked based on their “direct geographic proximity" to Russia, Belarus, or Ukraine

They would get priority access to surplus US weapons and for “participation in bilateral and multilateral military exercises, interoperability training, logistics, and forward mobility planning.”

Spotlight on Romania and Moldova

Romania’s Mihail Kogalniceanu Base on the Black Sea coast is set to become NATO’s largest in Europe and host up to 10,000 troops and civilians by 2030

Despite Moldova's constitutionally-mandated neutrality, which bars it from joining the alliance, NATO chief Mark Rutte revealed close cooperation between the two earlier this month

Moldova's new security strategy envisages transition to NATO standards, beefing up the size of the National Army by a third, upping the defense budget to 1% of GDP while pointing to Russia as the main security threat.

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) stated in September that NATO forces:

are being concentrated in Romania near the Moldovan border

started deployments in Odessa to intimidate Transnistria

could occupy Moldova possibly during Transnistria's Supreme Council elections on November 30

NATO’s inimical Baltic and Black Sea ring, peddled as ‘deterring’ Russia

Over the last few years, NATO has boosted its forward presence with multinational battlegroups in Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia

NATO is tightening Baltic Sea control through the Baltic Sentry initiative and aims to "reinforce" Black Sea security

The Eastern Flank Strategic Partnership Act coupled with NATO deployments in Romania, Moldova and Ukraine creates an uninterrupted belt of bases and munitions stockpiles in Eastern Europe extremely close to Russia

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