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To: long-gone who wrote (31014)	4/1/1999 1:30:00 PM
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1735 GMT, 990401 - The German newspaper "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" reported on March 31 that Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Vuk Draskovic has ruled out a peace agreement enforced by NATO troops on the ground and that continued NATO bombing might trigger a Russian declaration of war against NATO. Draskovic: "Should the bomb attacks continue, the leadership in Moscow will find it difficult to control the growing outrage in the Russian population. The demonstrations could lead to the call for a counter attack. That would be the beginning of an international catastrophe. The government in Moscow is now under strong pressure to quickly supply state-of-the-art weapons to Yugoslavia and then give a counter-ultimatum to NATO. Meaning: should NATO not end its aggression against Yugoslavia, Russia will consider itself at war with NATO." 1710 GMT, 990401 – Russian Air Defence Troops in Kaliningrad region report that NATO has increased the number of reconnaissance flights in the region. The commander of Russian Air Defense forces in the region, Fedor Krisanov, stated that NATO "spy planes" have started to fly three times more often along the border of Kaliningrad. Because of this, he said, he has ordered a 24-hour alert for the 200 soldiers of the Baltic Fleet's Air Defense Troops anti-aircraft missile team. Krisanov also added that his units were conducting intense training with S-300 missile systems and other fleet air defense assets. The report also stated the air defense troops were conducting other exercises involving the transport of surface to air missile systems by plane- "If it becomes necessary to reinforce Yugoslavia's air defense… Under supreme command orders, we are ready to take action to reinforce air defense," Krisanov said. stratfor.com