2024-06-04 09:49:48
NATO is engaged on plans to switch US troops to the borders of Russia within the occasion of an alleged attainable assault by the Russian Federation on one of many alliance international locations. In accordance with the British newspaper The Day by day Telegraph, a number of land corridors are being created, which, if obligatory, will change the primary one, which includes the touchdown of American troops within the port of Rotterdam and their switch to Poland by means of the territory of the Netherlands and Germany by rail.
Day.Az reviews this close to TASS.
“As we monitored and assessed Russia’s army actions in Ukraine, we famous that Russia was focusing on Ukrainian logistics bases,” Lieutenant Normal Alexander Solfrank, head of NATO’s Joint Logistics Command (JSEC), informed the publication, explaining the necessity for a number of developed different routes for the switch of kit and troops throughout Europe. In accordance with him, massive logistics bases on this regard appear untenable to NATO, since within the occasion of a hypothetical battle they might be attacked.
Solfrank additionally famous that the alliance’s current air protection methods “will at all times be inadequate” to guard all key logistics hubs and different vital and weak targets in Europe.
The Day by day Telegraph signifies that, along with the logistics hall Netherlands – Germany – Poland, the alliance is getting ready not less than 4 others: Italy – Slovenia – Croatia – Hungary, Greece – Bulgaria – Romania, Turkey – Bulgaria – Romania and Norway – Sweden – Finland. This could present the alliance with some flexibility within the occasion of hypothetical Russian assaults on Northern European ports. In accordance with the newspaper, the JSEC command, created in 2018, has been fixing this downside for the previous 5 years, whereas concurrently attempting to create a system for the high-speed switch of cargo and troops throughout the territory of the European Union with out delays on the borders and the necessity to receive particular permits from particular person members of the neighborhood. On the finish of 2023, in an interview with Reuters, Solfrank admitted that “army Schengen” nonetheless doesn’t perform as supposed, though €660 million was spent on financing the mandatory tasks.