Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
More de-escalation:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0K819420141230
http://russia-insider.com/en/2015/03/18/4635
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukr...y-amid-n308776
Quote Originally Posted by Kagemusha View Post
Maybe in response to this? http://www.defense.gov/home/features...lanticresolve/
There is one common thing I see in all the links: they are all about PLANS for more or less distant future. In my opinion, it doesn't explain why Putin the Re-emerged needs to put his military on alert RIGHT NOW. Will this alert state keep infinitely/for a prolonged time? If yes, then all the abovementioned plans will look like a response to the alert.