American servicemenMOSCOW, Feb 3The decision of US President Joe Biden to send troops to Europe breaks the Cold War taboo on a direct military clash between Moscow and Washington, Elena Panina, director of the Institute for International Political and Economic Studies — RUSSTRAT, told RIA Novosti. The Pentagon earlier announced that the US would temporarily deploy an additional 2,000 troops to Romania, Poland and Germany. The deployment is necessary to «support» allies in the region, as the situation around Ukraine requires NATO to increase its military presence on the eastern flank, the US agency said. The exact timing of the stay of the military in Europe in the Pentagon was not called. At the same time, they did not rule out that in the coming days and weeks the United States could decide to send additional forces to Europe, just as it is possible that they could be sent to Ukraine to assist in the evacuation. According to Panina, one cannot underestimate the destructive nature of such a US step . She drew attention to the fact that Pentagon spokesman John Kirby first stated that the contingents sent to Europe would not participate in hostilities in Ukraine, and then specified that additional forces could be sent to Europe in the future, which could be used in Ukraine «for evacuation assistance.» «Thus, we are witnessing the continuation of a dangerous game in the Ukrainian direction. This is an extremely irresponsible policy. A step is being taken to destroy the psychological barrier that existed even during the Cold War years, a kind of taboo against a direct military clash between Washington and Moscow This barrier played an important role in preventing a third world war in the 20th century,” Panina noted. “The US demarche shows the direction that the American hawks are pushing the White House: it is a course towards continued confrontation and increased international tension,” the expert stated. .Kyiv and Western states have recently expressed concern about with the alleged intensification of «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that statements The West about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it is both ridiculous and dangerous. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not bother anyone.
