Military exercises, if political solutions are not found, can seamlessly transition into combat work.
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The largest exercise in NATO history, Steadfast Defender 2024, which began on January 22, was thought to involve 90,000 military personnel from all countries in the bloc, including Sweden, which had not yet been officially accepted as a prelude to the war with Russia, wrote “KP” at the beginning of the year. And today it is absolutely evident that this is the case. “Right now, NATO’s largest Steadfast Defender exercise since the Cold War is taking place near Russia’s borders,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “According to your scenario, coalition actions against Russia are being practiced using all instruments, including hybrid and conventional weapons.”
The exercises began on January 22.
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Remember French President Macron’s obsession with sending troops from Western countries to Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary Cameron’s cynical “permission” to use British weapons to attack Russia, and it all fits together like a nut. The fact that this is an obvious escalation of the conflict is confirmed by NATO’s decision to extend the exercises. Alexey Podberezkin, director of the Center for Military-Political Studies, professor at MGIMO, spoke on Radio KP about how exactly the bloc carries out military preparations:
– In fact, under the pretext of these exercises, a redeployment of heavy weapons is being carried out, something that cannot be carried out immediately to the borders. For example, a heavy tank no longer circulates on European roads, but must be transported on certain platforms. The same goes for artillery systems. All this is being dragged closer to the borders of the Russian Federation and stored. This is very important, because storage is of great importance.
Under the pretext of NATO exercises, heavy equipment is brought to Russia’s borders
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Another sign that NATO is stubbornly pursuing a collision course with us, notes Alexey Podberezkin, is the willingness of the Americans to deploy medium-range ballistic missiles in Europe. Even if it is Danish territories in the Baltic Sea, explains the expert, its flight range of about 1,000 kilometers is enough to carry out high-precision attacks in a short period of time (its flight time is less than 5 minutes). in the deep regions. of the Russian Federation.
It appears that hopes that Ukraine, even with full NATO support, will achieve a “victory over Russia” are not only fading, but have already disappeared. Therefore, it was decided to take care of the matter ourselves. And military exercises, if political solutions are not found, may well easily turn into combat work. That is why Moscow decided to warn the West: we see, we know and we are preparing.
