U.S. military WASHINGTON Feb. 3 First U.S. military transport aircraft begin airlifting additional troops to Europe, reports CBS.According to the channel, about two thousand soldiers of the American army took off in the afternoon from the military unit of Fort Bragg (North Carolina) on C-17 Globemaster aircraft. The vast majority of them will be hosted in Poland, the rest will be temporarily based in Germany.Putin explained why a war between Russia and NATO could start The day before, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced an additional transfer of about 2,000 troops to Europe. According to him, this includes the transfer of units of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 18th Airborne Corps. The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, commenting on this statement, noted that the dispatch of American soldiers to European countries near the borders of Russia is not the kind of steps that are aimed at de-escalation. He added that in this case, any measures that Moscow will take to ensure security and interests are absolutely understandable. The Ukrainian question and negotiations with the West In recent months, relations between Russia and the West have become even more tense. Washington and its allies accuse Moscow of preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine and, against this background, are strengthening their presence in Eastern Europe and threatening to tighten sanctions. Russia rejects all claims and recalls that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements: the Armed Forces of Ukraine have concentrated half of the army’s personnel near the line of contact and are firing at militias from prohibited weapons. Moscow has repeatedly indicated that the goal of the “aggression” stuffing is to build up a foreign group near the borders of Russia . In addition, the Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry explained that the main reason for the escalation in Ukraine is the actions of the United States and NATO, which send military instructors, weapons and equipment there, increase the number of exercises, thereby pushing Kiev to military adventures.
«The West loves war.» The British supported Putin's words about NATO At the end of last year, Moscow handed over draft documents on security guarantees to Brussels and Washington and received a response in early February. The White House wanted to keep it secret, but the text was agreed with all US allies and Ukraine, so Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that he had no doubts that the document would soon be leaked. On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin said that Russia had not seen «adequate accounting three of our key demands»: preventing expansion to the east, refusing to deploy strike weapons systems near Russian borders, and returning NATO's military infrastructure in Europe to the state of 1997. The President recalled that now the bloc includes the Baltic countries, Poland and Romania, although after the collapse of the USSR, Moscow's Western partners promised not to expand their presence in this part of the continent. » />»Ukrainian» landing force. US deploys elite troops to Europe
