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text: nato pushes military buildup plans near russia wed oct   am eu nato secretarygeneral jens stoltenberg speaks during a news conference at the alliances headquarters in brussels belgium october   photo by reuters 
  the north atlantic treaty organization nato is pushing for its biggest military buildup near russian borders as the western military alliance continues to harbor perceptions of a russian threat since the days of the cold war 
  nato secretarygeneral jens stoltenberg will discuss the plan for military deployments to the baltic states and eastern poland at a twoday meeting of nato ministers in brussels on wednesday 
  the military alliance aims to send battle groups to the baltic states and poland early next year the groups will consist of  forces it will be the biggest military buildup near russia since the second world war more forces would also be deployed if necessary 
  this is credible deterrence not to provoke a conflict but to prevent conflict stoltenberg claimed contradictorily on tuesday referring to the planned deployments near russia concrete proof that nato can and will deploy thousands of forces to support our allies and a clear demonstration of our transatlantic bond 
  the united states germany britain and canada have already agreed to contribute forces to the battle groups which are to be deployed to poland lithuania estonia and latvia norwegian and italian fighter jets patrol over the baltics during a nato air policing mission from an airbase in lithuania may   photo by reuters 
  france denmark italy and other nato members are expected to contribute forces of their own but have been reluctant so far 
  antirussia by default 
  russia had previously warned that it would take unspecified measures to respond to the increased activities by the western military bloc 
  it also moved nuclearcapable missiles to its westernmost region of kaliningrad near its border with the baltic countries and nato member states earlier this month the iskanderm cruise missiles are capable of hitting targets across poland and the baltics 
  nato was formed during the cold war as a means of countering the former soviet union 
  the military alliance suspended all ties with moscow in april  after the thenukrainian crimea peninsula voted in a referendum to join russian territory 
  shortly afterwards an armed conflict broke out in eastern ukraine areas inhabited by an ethnicallyrussian population the ukrainian government which militarized the originally peaceful unrest in the regions  known as the donbass  has ever since been accusing russia of having a hand in the conflict there moscow denies the claim 
  the conflict has so far claimed the lives of more than  people and left over  others injured loading