View of Rome from the dome of St. Peter in the VaticanROME Feb 8The increase in military exercises in Russia and the number of violations of NATO airspace indicate its intention to weaken the alliance from its eastern flank, said Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini. «In the past few years, we have seen a growing number of NATO airspace violations, more and more massive military -marine exercises in the Baltic and Black Seas, non-compliance with international maritime law in the Sea of Azov, and hybrid actions aimed at weakening NATO countries on the eastern flank and securing special military relations with Belarus,» the minister said. On Tuesday, he delivered an information message at a joint meeting of the commissions on foreign affairs and defense of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, which was dedicated to the aggravation of the situation between Russia and Ukraine. «/>The Italian Foreign Minister gave advice to NATO»The mentioned examples explain why for almost a decade NATO has been steadily growing attention to Russia. And this, consequently, has led to a gradual reorientation of NATO's military potential at different levels,» Guerini said. Russian-Ukrainian border, the minister stressed that «any aggression against Ukraine will have grave consequences.» «We must work on not fueling tensions. We all look forward to maintaining and implementing a constructive dialogue, accompanied by a clear message that is not intended to be a stimulus: destabilizing actions will not be left without consequences,» Guerini said.
In Italy, they called for a reset of NATO for the sake of relations with Russia . The conflict in the information space is simultaneously linked to fears for the stability of Russian oil and gas supplies in the event of an escalation. Moscow has repeatedly rejected such accusations, stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Kremlin emphasizes that Russia has always impeccably fulfilled its contractual obligations for gas supplies to Europe, and has never given any reason to doubt its reliability. Nato's «dirty» past threatens a catastrophe for all of Europe
