Russia accuses NATO of increasing military deployment to Eastern Europe, which will exacerbate tensions

2022-01-25

NATO said in a statement on the 24th that as Russia continues to strengthen military deployment in Ukraine and its surrounding areas, NATO is sending more warships and fighters to Eastern Europe and keeping the armed forces on standby. The press secretary of the Russian President Peskov said that NATO's move will make the regional security situation more tense. NATO said in a statement that in the past few days, some member states have issued statements on current or future military deployment. Among them, Denmark is sending a frigate to the Baltic Sea and will deploy four F-16 fighters to Lithuania. Spain is sending warships to join the NATO Navy and considering sending fighters to Bulgaria. France expressed its willingness to send troops to Romania under the command of NATO. The Netherlands will send two F-35 fighters to Bulgaria from April to support NATO air policing activities in the region, and deploy a warship and land-based troops to be dispatched by the NATO rapid response force at any time. The United States has made it clear that it is considering increasing its military presence in the east of NATO. After Crimea seceded from Ukraine and joined Russia in 2014, NATO increased its military presence in Eastern Europe and established four multinational battle groups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. According to Tass news agency, Peskov said in an interview with the media on the 24th that Russia has taken note of NATO's statement on increasing military deployment to Eastern Europe. He stressed that the tense regional security situation was not caused by Russia, but by the actions of the United States and NATO and the rumors they spread. Peskov also said that there are signs that the Ukrainian government is assembling military forces in the direction of Donbas, which shows that Ukraine is preparing for military operations. "We hope to see the contents of urging the Ukrainian government to abandon the use of military means to solve the problem in a large number of statements issued by NATO." Recently, the relationship between Ukraine and Russia has accelerated, and the two sides have deployed a large number of military personnel and equipment in the border areas of the two countries. The United States, Ukraine and NATO claim that Russia has gathered heavy troops near the eastern border of Ukraine and has the potential of "invasion". Russia denied it and stressed that NATO activities threatened Russia's border security and that Russia has the right to mobilize troops within its territory to defend its territory. The British Foreign Office announced on the 24th that it decided to temporarily evacuate some staff and families of the British Embassy in Ukraine from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The U.S. State Department also issued a statement on the evening of the 23rd EST, saying that from now on, the government staff of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine are authorized to voluntarily evacuate from the base where the embassy is located, and the families of relevant personnel are required to evacuate. (outlook new era)

Edit:Ming Wu    Responsible editor:Haoxuan Qi

Source:XinhuaNet

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