Russia-NATO Tactical Warplanes In Rapid Stand-off; Putin Orders Snap Military Drills

Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation or NATO are displaying rapid provocation aimed at each other, as Russian military officials accused NATO of heightened spy and tactical warplanes deployment over the Baltic border in 2014.

NATO doubled its reconnaissance flights over Baltic border in an alarming rate -- 3,000 in total -- according to head of the Russian Defence Ministry's joint military command centre General Mikhail Mizintsev alleged.

The alarming rate through which NATO is flying its warplanes is being conducted without two-way communication from concerned parties, Mizintsev said.

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