[HIGHLIGHTS] Before major NATO maneuvers: Medvedev threatens escalation – “destroy enemies mercilessly”

Before major NATO maneuvers: Medvedev threatens escalation – “destroy enemies mercilessly”. The German army is providing 13,000 soldiers and probably dozens of main battle tanks for the major major NATO exercise.

Germany plans to equip the Ukrainians with Leopard 1 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles for large formations. The so-called Suwalki Gap extends over 104 kilometers near the small Polish town of Suwalken between the Russian ex-clave of Kaliningrad and the Kremlin-allied Belarus.