The Russian army has begun exercises along the borders of Ukraine, including in the territory of annexed Crimea, Deutsche Welle announced. In the official information of the Russian military maneuvers are declared as “traditional winter exercises”. More than 10,000 servicemen from motorized rifle and tank units.
Meanwhile, the Russian president Vladimir Putin described as irresponsible the accusations of a new Russian military aggression against Ukraine. According to him, Russia “undertakes adequate military-technical actions”. According to him, “Russia is not threatening anyone”, but “threats are coming” to Russia’s borders.
Today, the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg dismissed the allegations, that the Western military alliance provoked Moscow with its military exercises in the Black Sea and in turn accuse Russia that uses military exercises as a cover to attack neighboring countries, Reuters reported.
Unlike Russia, NATO always abides by international regulations on inviting foreign observers to his exercises, Stoltenberg stressed.
“The problem with Russia is that they are not transparent, they have very aggressive rhetoric and history showing that have used military exercises before as a cover for aggressive actions against neighbors “, explained the Secretary General of the Alliance.
Earlier, Putin reiterated that Russia believes a new NATO expansion to the east is unacceptable.
The NATO chief warned Russia not to use force against Ukraine
Otherwise she would face consequences
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Stoltenberg, for his part, reaffirmed NATO’s position that the decision to join the organization is a sovereign right of each country and Moscow has no right to veto. He noted that the allies respect the decision of Ukraine, which hopes to join the Alliance. We remind you that Ukraine has repeatedly stated that it relies on NATO membership as a guarantee of its security against Moscow’s aggression.
We remind you in the conflicts on the Russian borders in the 21st century – in Georgia in 2008 and in Ukraine in 2014, Russia is occupying territories of neighboring countries: Georgian Abkhazia and North Ossetia, as well as Ukrainian Crimea. No conflict has been reported in which there has been aggression against Russian territory.
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The United States had evidence that Russia was planning an invasion of Ukraine
He threatened Russia with painful economic sanctions if he attacked
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