Putin Moves Put Europe on The Brink of War

War could be becoming increasingly likely in Europe due to Russian provocations, NATO officials say. Russian troop movements near Ukraine along with Belarus’ effort to push Iraqi Kurdish refugees into Poland and the Baltics shows that Europe has entered a new dangerous phase. “We see a large military build-up of Russia, we see an unusual concentration of troops and we know that Russia has previously used these forces to conduct aggressive actions against Ukraine,” NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said. The refugee crisis manufactured by Russian ally Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko likely is a shiny object aimed at distracting diplomatic…