Russia has transported some 30,000 troops and modern weapons to Belarus in recent days, Moscow’s largest military deployment to the country since the end of the Cold War, said the secretary general of the Western military alliance North Atlantic Treaty Organization (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, this Thursday (3).
The deployment included Speznaz special operations forces, SU-35 fighter jets, dual-capacity Iskander missiles and S-400 air defense systems, he told reporters in Brussels.
“All this will be combined with the annual exercise of Russian nuclear forces,” he added.
The term dual capability, which Stoltenberg used for the Iskander missiles, is used to describe weapons intended for both conventional and nuclear warfare.
On the other hand, the Kremlin said, also on Thursday, that the deployment of additional US troops in Eastern Europe is increasing tensions in the region; Washington has announced that it will send 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania.
Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops near its border with Ukraine, demanding that the United States and the western military alliance NATO promise not to allow Kiev to join the US-led military bloc, but denying any plans to invade the neighboring country. .
The White House said this week that extra troops would protect Eastern Europe from a possible spillover from the Ukrainian crisis.
Source: CNN Brasil
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