Units from NATO allied countries take part in the Dragon 15 military exercises in Bemowo Piskie near Orzysz, northeastern Poland October 16, 2015. REUTERS/Przemyslaw Skrzydlo/Agencja Gazeta
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will be forced to take retaliatory measures if NATO deploys four extra battalions in Poland and the Baltic states, Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official as saying on Wednesday.
"This would be a very dangerous build-up of armed forces pretty close to our borders," Andrei Kelin, a department head at the ministry, said. "I am afraid this would require certain retaliatory measures, which the Russian Defence Ministry is already talking about."
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