Defense Minister of Defense Viktor Krentin in an interview with Al-Jazeera TV channel accused NATO in comprehensive preparation for war on the borders of the Republic, BelTA reports.
According to him, the United States since 2014 conduct an operation “Atlantic determination”, during which a military contingent is placed in the old world. “The number of its in general in Europe is more than six thousand, and more than four thousand – directly in the territory of Poland and the Baltic countries,” said Khrenin. In addition, the United Armed Forces of NATO since 2017 carry out the “Enhanced Presence” operation.
In the neighboring countries, the intensity of operational combat training events increased in times, Khrenin continued. “The airfields are modernized in the territory of the Baltic countries and Poland. To date, five or six airfields are already under NATO standards, work is still under ten,” he noted.
The head of the Ministry of Defense added that Poland is increasing the military budget, in the country there are statements about the need to increase the number of army from 120 thousand to 200 thousand.
“We are all very much alarming and worried that a complex of such events is being held. I, as a military man, I understand that this is a complete set of training for war. Why do we threaten? No,” said Khrenin. – These are fiction to justify militarization in front of your society. “
Earlier, Khrenin declared the unnecessaries of Russian military bases in Belarus.