Russia will build up forces at its western borders following Finland's accession to the U.S.-led NATO alliance, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told the governing board of the ministry on Wednesday.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1253052

Archived version: https://archive.ph/HGfpH
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  • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    "The enemy is both strong and weak. By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”