Russia will take retaliatory measures if NATO deploys four extra battalions in Poland and the Baltic states and it will reinforce its western and southern flanks with three new divisions by the year-end anyway, officials said.
Reuters: Russia warns of retaliation if NATO makes more deployments in Eastern Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (unseen) at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 14.
