Secret service: Russia increases troops • Table.Briefings

T-80 tanks of the Russian Northern Fleet during a firing exercise at the beginning of February.

The Estonian foreign intelligence service considers it realistic that Moscow could double the number of troops along the NATO border in the coming years. The military is preparing for a possible conflict with the alliance within the next decade.

The Estonian foreign intelligence service expects Russia to significantly increase the number of troops along the NATO border in the coming years. „We will highly likely see an increase in manpower, perhaps doubling,“ said its head Kaupo Rosin. Russia currently has no plans to take military action against NATO countries, but the Kremlin believes that war is possible.

Secret service: Russia increases troops along the NATO border

Sign up now and continue reading immediately