Originally posted by Shinmen Takezo:
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It would not surprise me to see Zapad come off as the usual exercise, not even getting close to NATO borders, and then a couple of weeks after it's officially over, have an attack take place on the Poland/Lithuania border carried out by hidden/bunkered forces much closer to the border that didn't even take part in Zapad.
This is delusional thinking. Russia has no intention of starting a war with NATO--let alone make overt attacks on Poland or Lithuania. This would be madness. They would however smash these countries to bits if they provoked a war by any means. Warsaw would be turned into a smoking hole within minutes. Russia is going to move West to the Dnieper River--and possibly to Odessa... that's it. Now if NATO wants to get involved--it will be NATO who provokes and starts this war, not Russia.