Russia Just Vowed to Carry Out “Retaliatory Measures” Over U.S. Military Presence in Black Sea

"This week marks the official launch of NATO’s Anaconda-16 war games, calling for the largest assembly of foreign forces in Poland since World War II. For nearly two weeks, 30,000 troops supported by several arsenals of vehicles, aircraft and ships will be deployed in one of the biggest exercises on NATO’s eastern flank since the end of the Cold War. While NATO is touting this move as training, the Russians are calling it the “summer of provocation,” and a move to reignite the Cold War intended to force Moscow to starve its domestic economy to ramp up its military to meet a growing external threat."