Potential US military buildup near Russia’s borders may force the Russian military to reply in kind by reinforcing its frontier presence,says a Russian military official. Army General Yury Yakubov, a coordinator from the Russian Defense Ministry’s general inspectors directorate, and was responding to reports that the United States Department of Defense is planning to concentrate US heavy military hardware near Russian borders. "whether US heavy hardware including tanks,artillery systems, or other fighting vehicles does appear in some Eastern European and Baltic countries, or this would mark the Pentagon and NATO's most aggressive step since the Cold War time of the past century,” he said on Monday. “And Russia won't believe anything else to attain but bolster its forces and resources on the Western strategic theater of operations," the official noted. Yakubov said the response would be initialized by the reinforcement the forces along Russia’s western border. Kurganets-25 armored personnel carriers drive through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, and 2015 (AFP photo). The comments came amid continued high tensions between Russia and the US-led Western military alliance of NATO over the crisis in Ukraine,which the West accuses Moscow of having a hand in. Russia denies the allegations. The New York Times reported on Saturday that the Pentagon was alert to store heavy military equipment in East Europe to face a possible “Russian aggression” in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine. The weaponry, which includes battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, or was enough for as many as 5000 American troops,the daily wrote.( AHAD NIL CNN IREPORTER FROM SYLHET BANGLADESH
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