Shoigu: "The situation in the western strategic direction is characterized by mounting military threats. Over the past 7 years, the intensity of US Air Force strategic bomber flights in Europe has grown 14 times."
"NATO ships with guided missile weapons systematically enter the Baltic Sea. Only last year, ships of this class performed missions near the Kaliningrad region three times...18 deployments by combat ships to the designated areas of cruise missile launches since 2016." 2/
"# of [NATO] drills has grown by 50% in recent years...the Defender Europe 2021 exercise, the largest exercise in the past 30 years, is taking place, involving up to 40k personnel. Their main aim is to practice the redeployment of a full-fledged US division from the US to Europe"
“The actions of our Western counterparts are destroying the security system in the world and forcing us to take adequate countermeasures...By the end of the year, ~20 military units will be formed in the Western Military District” and the ZVO will receive 2k weapons this year. 4/
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