Putin commented on the activity of NATO near the borders of the Russian Federation
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The Russian President commented on the military activity of the North Atlantic Alliance near the Russian borders. According to Vladimir Putin, Russia cannot but be worried by the fact that NATO is increasingly conducting exercises near the borders of the Russian Federation, and these exercises are becoming more widespread, more and more military personnel and unified various equipment are involved in them, including strategic bombing. aviation.
Putin:
We cannot but be concerned about the build-up of NATO's military capabilities near the Russian borders. It is also alarming that the alliance refuses the proposed cooperation on de-escalation, to reduce the risk of unpredictable incidents.
These words were expressed by the head of state at the forum on international security in Moscow.
It should be recalled that earlier the Russian Embassy in the United States issued a call to Washington to abandon the Sea Breeze 2021 exercises in the Black Sea. As Voennoye Obozreniye has already reported, these exercises are planned to involve servicemen from 32 countries, including those that are not part of the North Atlantic military bloc. In particular, we are talking about Ukraine and Georgia. During the exercise, it is planned to conduct operations with combat divers. What specific character these operations will have is not specified.
He noted that Russia has always called for restraint, but if the activity of the Western military bloc near the borders of our country continues, then we will have to answer.
Experts believe that for this Russia can use both "symmetric" and "asymmetric" measures.
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