That is my thought as it wasn't suppose to attack NATO. I think it was more of unit that would be threaten of use if someone didn't follow orders.
It goes with Soviet tradition to have large mobile reserve behind the front for clean up. I am sure for couple years after WWII they spent several weeks mopping up the mess that they inherited after WWII.
The Northern Ukraine is about where you would want one decent size mobile Army that could be used to respond in Western Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and possibly toward Iran. At the time there were many threats to the Soviet Union and Stavka. With the number of the Divisional commanders realizing that any further offensive action weather it was in Europe or the Middle East wouldn't change much except maybe more lives of troops they needed. For reinforcements and resupply from Stavka were few and far in between. Remember the ones who opposing the NATO units probably didn't see neither since sometime in 1998 from the Soviet Union.
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