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| − | While Finland and Sweden's applications to join NATO were fast-tracked, the Republic of Georgia has been waiting for 15 years. Georgia's membership was not on the agenda for NATO's June 2022 summit. 10,000 Russian troops are in the former Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. NATO's discriminatory behavior led to growing anti-NATO sentiment in Georgia.<ref>https://youtu.be/9iVFcCjcpWo</ref>
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| − | ===War plans against Russia===
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| − | [[File:Nato-russia-war-plans.jpg|right|300px|thumb|2024 NATO war plans for aggression against [[Russia]].<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/world-war-iii-watch-nato-drawing-up-plans/ WORLD WAR III WATCH: NATO Drawing Up Plans to Deploy American Soldiers to the Front Line to Potentially Fight Russia in An All-Out War], By Cullen Linebarger. ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Jun. 4, 2024. thegatewaypundit.com</ref>]]
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| − | According to Russian military expert Dr. Konstantin Sivkov of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, the Americans initially accumulate stocks in preparation to conduct an air offensive operation. About one and a half to two million tons of various [[ammunition]] are needed which takes about six months to transport to forward locations. An air operation, based on NATO's experience, will take two or three days, and then the ground forces will advance.
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| − | At the beginning, about 600-700 aircraft and at least 1,500 [[Tomahawk missile]]s will be involved, which are planned to suppress Russian air defenses. After the destruction of Russian front-line aviation and the achievement of air supremacy, favorable conditions will be created for the ground forces offensive on the territory of Russia.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240627022324/https://novorosinform.org/vse-gotovo-k-udaru-nazvano-ozhidaemoe-vremya-vtorzheniya-nato-v-rossiyu-vojna-nachnetsya-s-vozdushnyh-provokacij-126785.html Everything is ready to strike. The expected time of NATO's invasion of Russia has been named. The war will begin with air provocations], Author: Natalia Zalevskaya, ''Novorossiya'', June 25, 2024. novorosinform.org</ref> NATO is said to have 300,000 troops at the ready for large scale offensive operations against Russia.<ref>[https://archive.is/WjaM4 Nato to increase forces on high alert to 300,000], Henry Foy, ''[[Financial Times]]'', July 27, 2022. Originally published https://www.ft.com/content/39caeff3-38cf-44e2-9270-835ab28f13c8 </ref>
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| − | Sivkov added that a strike can be expected in the area of the Armavir RVS. The radar station at Armavir is considered the "all-seeing eye" of Russia "capable of detecting ballistic, [[space]] and aerodynamic objects, including [[ballistic missile|ballistic]] and [[cruise missile]]s."<ref>[https://topwar.ru/58678-armavirskaya-rls-vsevidyaschee-oko-rossii.html?ysclid=lxzk8m7qm371083022 Armavir radar station is the "all-seeing eye" of Russia], Sept 22, 2014. topwar.ru</ref>
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