Russian soldiers parachuted into open fields in western Serbia on Friday as part of an unprecedented joint military drill that has stirred controversy in the European Union candidate-country given the West-Russia standoff over Ukraine.
The one-day anti-terrorist exercise, around 50 km (30 miles) from Serbia’s border with NATO-member Croatia, illustrated the balancing-act Belgrade faces; safeguarding relations with its big-power ally while pursuing closer integration with Europe at a time of deep West-Russia tension.
Troops of the U.S. Ohio National Guard are expected to take part in exercises in southern Serbia later this month.
Friday’s exercise, a mock assault on a terrorist base planned …read more
Source: Voice of America
