"Moscow sends a clear message: Russia will never back down"

According to the BBC website reported on June 2, Russia announced that it will strengthen its military deployment along European borders to cope with NATO's increasing land, sea and air military activities. Some commentators have said that the deterioration of Russian-US relations has surpassed the grim moment of the Cold War.

Russia masses troops on the Ukrainian border in April. But Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said at the time that the Russian military buildup was part of the exercise and that the troops would return to the base.

At a time when tensions between NATO and Russia continue, NATO held another exercise this month as part of the "European Defenders 2021" military exercise. NATO warships, military aircraft and land forces conduct exercises over a vast area stretching from the Atlantic Ocean across Europe to the Black Sea.

The large-scale "European Defenders 2021" military exercise, which is mainly based on the US military, began in March and is scheduled to end in June. Most NATO members participated in the exercise.

The U.S. military and the armies of European countries have exercised the deployment of weapons, equipment and combat forces in various European countries, including countries in the Balkans, across theaters. The months-long exercises have given the United States and its allies the opportunity to practice how to deal with enemy threats, U.S. military websites report.

The U.S. military times website said that in recent years the United States and allies have deployed troops and equipment in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, and have convinced these NATO allies close to Russia that they will be helped in the event of an attack.

Russia's massing of forces near the Ukrainian border in April drew NATO alert. The Military Times reported that since 2014, NATO has begun to invest heavily in military spending.

On May 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin said anyone who tried to seize Russian territory would be "knocked out of their teeth."

According to the report, russian media interpret that Russia generally reacts symmetrically to foreign forces, but recently Moscow has shown that it will take asymmetrical countermeasures.

On June 1, Medvedev, former Russian president and current vice chairman of the Russian Security Council, said that relations between Moscow and Washington have deteriorated to a greater extent than during the cold war.

Medvedev said that (this is) because the United States believes That Russia is in decline and has become a force that is not important enough. In a report in the Moscow newspaper Kommersant, he said: "I am not referring to a one-off situation similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis, but the current situation is even worse." The reason for the bad is because our partners think Russia can be ignored. ”

Russia is trying to demonstrate its military might at a time of tension with NATO and the European Union at a time of tension with NATO and the European Union, according to the Spanish newspaper El País website reported on June 2 that Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden are scheduled to hold a summit two weeks later. Moscow is preparing to strengthen its military forces on the western side of its territory. Russian and Belarusian forces will hold important joint exercises on the ground in September. The Russian Navy's Northern Fleet also recently released plans to hold cross-service strategic exercises in the Arctic aimed at ensuring the safety of the Northern Sea Route in the autumn. The Arctic region has become a new focal point in the dispute between the country and the West.

With these new developments, Moscow sends a clear message: Russia will never back down. Russia will adjust and upgrade its military presence on european borders in response to the growing military of the US-led NATO.

The United States and Russia are currently experiencing the worst moments in their relations since the Cold War. Even so, Russia is stepping up its defensive rhetoric in the hope of paving the way for the June 16 Putin-Biden summit in Geneva. Experts believe that ahead of this summit, Moscow wants to show a "unique player" posture. Russia wants to prove to Biden that it is not a partner who is easily manipulated and will not make unilateral concessions.

In recent weeks, both Putin and Biden have put a card on the table that will draw their own bottom lines, at least until the Geneva summit.

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