Ukraine became NATO’s first partner in 1991 and Poland joined NATO as a full member in 1999. It’s unclear which era Moscow believes it’s living in.

Russia finds worrisome plans for US military buildup in Poland — Zakharova

Moscow finds worrisome the US plans for increasing its military presence in Poland, where infrastructure is being created allowing for a prompt buildup of the US contingent to 20,000, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Thursday.

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Alongside the US and NATO buildups near Russia’s Western borders Zakharova drew attention to growing military activity near Russia’s southern borders.

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“Kiev regularly holds exercises in accordance with aggressive scenarios with NATO forces taking part and actively upgrades military infrastructures. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister [Alexey] Reznikov’s statements of August 10 to the effect US air defense systems might be stationed in Ukraine was another evidence of Kiev’s reluctance to implement the Minsk package of measures….”