OREANDA-NEWS. German journalist Jorg Kronauer wrote in an article for Junge Welt newspaper that during the NATO’s exercises Defender Europe 2020 which will start in the beginning of the year, the alliance will rehearse the offensive in the event of a war with Russia.

Kronauer notes that maneuvers will become the largest in the last 25 years transfer of American troops to the European continent. “Officially, this is the exercise of the US troops, in fact, however, the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance will rehearse the offensive in case of war against the Russian Federation,” the publication says.

The journalist points out that according to the scenario of the military exercises, the United States’ military forces will be transferred to Western Europe across the Atlantic, and then to Poland and the Baltic states, “closer to the Russian border.”