NATO's answer to Vostok 2018 - Expectations of what...

NATO will answer the Vostok 2018 with an exercise with the country members of the bloc. And following the exemple of Vostok 2018, the game will be the biggest since 1991.

The answer will be in Norway and will count also with Ukraine, when the country will show a part of the Regular Army military capability.

The country should expect a better dialogue with the other members, because the territory is being a part of the proxy between Russia, NATO and the intern actors. This can promote a situation of intern clash between the ultra nationalist paramilitaries that has a political influence in the government and promote another clash, between the nationalists that would have the country's autonomy and other part that would like to stay in NATO, and the other part that identify themselves with the Russian government program.

Ukraine will promote a differential in the maneouver. Let's see and expect something to promote a balance of power between Russia and NATO.

NATO is gearing up for its largest war games since the Cold War in a huge show of force

https://www.businessinsider.com/nato-gears-up-for-biggest-military-exercises-in-many-years-2018-10

NATO is gearing up for its "biggest exercises in many years," the alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg revealed Tuesday, according to multiple reports.

Around 45,000 troops will take part in the Trident Juncture exercises in Norway in late October and early November, the secretary said, according to AFP. The "fictitious but realistic" drills, reportedly the largest since the end of the Cold War, come on the heels of the massive Vostok 2018 joint military exercises involving tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of Russian and Chinese troops that were held in September.

In addition to troops, the 29 NATO allies and their partners will send 150 aircraft, 60 ships, and 10,000 vehicles to the training grounds.

The drills come amid heightened tensions with Russia. For instance, US Envoy to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchinson called Russia out Tuesday, accusing it of violating the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty. Warning Russia that Moscow is "on notice," she said that the US might "take out the missiles" before they can be deployed if Russia refuses to change course.

Western allies have bolstered their military presence in the years following Russia's annexation of Crimea. Trident Juncture 2018 is designed to increase interoperability among allied and partner forces to respond quickly and effectively to an external threat, such as Russian aggression.

"It will simulate NATO's collective response to an armed attack against one ally. And it will exercise our ability to reinforce our troops from Europe and across the Atlantic," Stoltenberg explained Tuesday. The aim is preparation for "large-scale military operations" under trying conditions, the Norwegian Armed Forces previously introduced, adding, "Exercises like this make NATO better prepared to counter any aggression, if necessary. "

In an effort to maintain transparency, NATO has invited Russia to monitor the joint military exercises. "All members of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, including Russia, have been invited to send observers," the secretary said, according to Russian state media.

In early September, Russian and Chinese forces, along with a small contingent of Mongolian troops, trained together in eastern Russia, leading to significant speculation about stronger Russian-Chinese ties as both Moscow and Beijing confront Washington.

Russia touted the exercises as unprecedented, claiming that the drills included hundreds of thousands of troops and tens of thousands of tanks and other military vehicles. Many suspect that the joint exercises were actually much smaller than stated.

Ukraine to take part in NATO's largest military exercises

http://www.uawire.org/ukraine-will-take-part-in-nato-s-largest-military-exercises

Representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will take part in one of largest strategic military exercises in the history of NATO, Trident Juncture 2018, which will start in Norway on October 25, reported the Public Relations Office of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The active phase of Trident Juncture 2018, which involves 45,000 interspecific contingent of troops, will last until November 7. In addition to the 29 countries of the Alliance, military units from Sweden and Finland will also take part in the exercises.

 “According to the scenario of the exercises, the multi-national coalition of NATO is conducting a large-scale military operation to liberate the illegally occupied northern part of the Kingdom of Norway. We can easily guess that the fictitious country Murinus that acts as an aggressor is our northern neighbor,” the office announced.

The command staff phase of exercises will last until the end of November in the NATO administration and training centers from the Italian region of Campania to the Norwegian regions of Tromsø and Finnmark.

 “Since September, 5 Ukrainian officers have been working in the sections of the headquarters of the multi-national coalition. They have undergone stages of theoretical training and operational coordination and will be performing their tasks in Naples, Ramstein and Stavanger,” reported the press service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

NATO to conduct largest military exercises since 1991

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On Tuesday, October 2, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg announced that NATO will conduct large-scale military exercises Trident Juncture, which will be the largest since 1991, reports Deutsche Welle.

These exercises will take place from October 25 to November 7, in Norway, the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic. Approximately 45 thousand soldiers from 31 countries, as well as more than 110 aircraft and 60 ships, will take part in the maneuvers. The exercises are not aimed against Russia, they have defensive nature and will imitate NATO’s response to an armed attack on one of the alliance members, said Stoltenberg.

All OSCE countries, including Russia, received invitations so that they could send their observers to the exercises.

The North Atlantic Alliance significantly expanded the scope of military exercises since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis in 2014. Russia is also conducting major maneuvers. This September, the Russian Federation conducted its largest exercises since the USSR times, Vostok-2018.