World War 3? Furious Putin to ramp up Russia’s military training after NATO warning VLADIMIR Putin is preparing to bolster Russia's military training after condemning NATO's plans to deploy more forces in Eastern Europe. Defence chief Andrey Krasov branded NATO proposals to send four multi-national battalions to the Baltic countries and Poland "unfriendly". He said: “This increase of the military bloc is definitely an unfriendly step on NATO’s part. It really poses a threat to the Russian Federation." The deputy head of the State Duma Committee – a branch of the Russian parliament – said Moscow will hand their soldiers more advanced weapons in response to the plans. He said: “We must react to this by holding military exercises and be supplying our military forces with the most advanced weapons and other hardware." NATO's secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg described the move as a reply to Russia’s soar in military activity near Ukraine and in the Baltic Sea region. But Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said its military and special services are keeping an eye on NATO's movements close to the Russian borders. He said: “Our defence ministry and all responsible services are duly watching all changes in the dislocation of foreign military forces near our borders. ”

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