NATO is preparing to strike Russia and exploits former Soviet bases in Eastern Europe for that purpose.
The NATO exercises in Lithuania and Poland are a destabilizing factor to the current situation in Eastern Europe, and their aim is to further escalate the tensions along the Russian border.
As stated by NATO heads of state and government at the Wales Summit in September 2014, "the Alliance does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to Russia. But we cannot and will not compromise on the principles on which our Alliance and security in Europe and North America rest".