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https://www.rt.com/news/407775-nato-new-...-conflict/

NATO is reportedly mulling the creation of two new commands designed to improve allied logistics and protect supply lines – all in a bid to address weaknesses in any potential conflict with Russia, says a report by the Wall Street Journal citing sources.

NATO defense ministers will review the new command structures at their quarterly meeting in November, allied officials told the newspaper. 

The recommendations reportedly include a new NATO logistics command that would focus on moving people and material more rapidly, and a command for the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans meant to focus on protecting sea lanes, critical for securing Europe from submarine threats.
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In early October, NATO launched a new multinational force in Romania to counter Russia along its eastern flank and keep close tabs on the Russian presence in the Black Sea. The chief of the military alliance branded NATO’s actions as “defensive and proportionate.”

“Our deployments are a direct response to Russia’s aggressive actions in Ukraine,” Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in Bucharest, adding that NATO members are “concerned by Russia’s military buildup close to our borders and its lack of transparency when it comes to military exercises such as Zapad 2017.” 

NATO’s military activities near the Russian border have been repeatedly criticized by Moscow, which has accused the alliance of undermining the global security balance with its eastward encroachment and military provocations.

NATO tworzy dwa nowe ośrodki dowodzenia mające zająć się usprawnieniem logistyki oraz ochroną linii zaopatrzeniowych - wszystko na wypadek potencjalnej wojny z Rosją. Jeden ośrodek będzie miał na celu zabezpieczenie tras morskich przed zagrożeniem ze strony łodzi podwodnych, a drugi skupi się na usprawnieniu przemieszczania żołnierzy i zaopatrzenia.

Oprócz tego na początku października NATO wysłało dodatkowe siły wojskowe do Rumunii w odpowiedzi na obecność rosyjskich sił na Morzu Czarnym.