Kremlin Vows "Retaliatory Steps" Against "Aggressive" US Troop, Drone Build-up In Poland

"Russian lawmakers have said the new US-Poland joint declaration unveiled yesterday, which will see 1,000 more US troops sent to Poland from Germany along with military drones, will force the Kremlin to take "retaliatory steps"against what the Russian parliamentary statement called US “further large-scale deployments”.

One lawmaker went so far as to say the Russian military "would make Poland a target in the event of a conflict," according to Reuters.

One Russian official, identified as the deputy head of the upper house of parliament’s international affairs committee, told the Interfax news agency: “In the event of any conflict, God forbid, the territory of Poland would become a clear target for a retaliatory strike, if there was suddenly an attack on us,” as cited in Reuters, while others warned of a new Cuban missile crisis scenario but this time on Russia's border...."

at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-13/kremlin-vows-retaliatory-steps-against-aggressive-us-move-add-troops-drones-poland