The US Department of Defense expects to strengthen the ability to contain Russia in Europe. About this on Monday, November 29, during a briefing reported and about. Assistant Deputy Head of the Pentagon for Political Affairs Mara Karlin.
She noted that the Defense Department has completed a review of the balance of power in the world, which US President Joe Biden instructed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in order to agree on the balance of American forces abroad.
“In terms of these changes, in our review of our global balance of power, we found we were right in making some really important investments, deepening our cooperation and engagement with defense partners across Europe. So these projects make sense, and we want to continue them, ”and stressed. O. Assistant Deputy Minister of Defense.
Karlin also recalled that Washington will additionally increase its military contingent in Germany by 500 troops.
Earlier, on November 26, Sergei Tsekov, a member of the Federation Council committee on international affairs from the Republic of Crimea, commenting on an article by The Times about Britain’s plans to transfer hundreds of military equipment to Germany in order to “be ready in case of a war with Russia,” said that the Russian Federation does not have any – or grounds for a war with Europe. At the same time, he doubted that Germany was ready to host British equipment. The senator noted that not all countries are “stricken with hatred of Russia”, but they have become “hostages” of the policy pursued by the European Union and NATO countries.
On November 23, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on rumors about the Kremlin’s military plans in relation to neighboring states, said that the Russian Federation was not going to attack Ukraine and was not hatching aggressive plans. He noted that Ukraine is planning aggressive actions against Donbass – the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR).
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