Royal Navy ship HMS DuncanLONDON Feb 10 Mediterranean and Black Seas for NATO security, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at a press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Johnson pointed out that Europe is facing its worst security crisis in decades.
Lavrov compared the meeting with the British Foreign Minister to a mute-to-deaf conversation «In Poland, we are adding another 350 troops from the 45th Special Forces Battalion, we are providing air security in Romania, we are increasing the number of Typhoon fighters that we are deploying from Cyprus, and we are sending ships to Vostochnoye Mediterranean and Black Sea — OPV (patrol vessels) and Type 45 (destroyer),” he said. London’s proposal to strengthen NATO security includes doubling the number of British troops in Estonia in support of NATO’s expanded forward presence, deploying more Royal Air Force aircraft to create squadrons in Southern Europe and sending the Royal Navy ship Trent and the Type 45 destroyer to the Eastern Mediterranean, Johnson's office said earlier. , and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as a pretext to We want to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted earlier that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. At the same time, Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. 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.
