The document, which contains 4,400 pages, foresees, first of all, the deployment of 300,000 military personnel in a high degree of preparation.
In addition, the commander-in-chief of NATO forces in Europe, in the event of a threat, will be able to make some decisions without additional consultation with the alliance.
Among other things, the strengthening of units equipped with heavy weapons, the development of air defense systems and the increase in stocks of long-range missiles and artillery systems are foreseen.
Recall that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that NATO’s military activities have taken the most aggressive direction. A set of measures is being implemented to increase the combat readiness of the Alliance Joint Armed Forces in Eastern Europe. Additional military contingents and military infrastructure are being deployed, reconnaissance activities and combat training are being activated near the borders of the Union State.
Furthermore, Shoigu pointed out, NATO is using the Ukraine crisis as an excuse to strengthen its groupings. The next stage of the alliance expansion has been released.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, said that Russia is responding adequately and in advance to the ongoing expansion of NATO. “We are taking the appropriate steps and, I dare to assure you, well in advance,” said the Foreign Minister.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov stressed that with NATO closing in on Russia’s borders, Moscow is balancing the entire security architecture on the continent.
