United Kingdom will expand its presence in Black Sea and in Baltic

Modernization of the UK Navy will help the country to be activated in the Black Sea and in Baltic. This is stated in the published Ministry of Defense of the country of modernization of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, RIA Novosti reports.

“We will expand our presence in the Black Sea region, in the extreme north, in the Baltic and in the Western Balkans (where we are implementing a new regional initiative to prepare the allies troops). The presence will be built within the framework of multilateral groups,” the text says.

In the same document, Britain officially announced Russia “the greatest” nuclear and military threat of European security.

Earlier, Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin said that Moscow does not consider the UK hostile power and stated the death of political relations with London.

March 16, the United Kingdom recognized Russia by one of the main and acute threats. The review of security issues, defense and foreign policy of the United Kingdom states that London will defend “from any threats emanating from the Russian side.” In addition, the country plans to significantly more often direct its armed forces abroad, as well as increase the defense budget.

/Media reports.