The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation considers the US military exercises in the Black Sea to be a study of the alleged theater of military operations. In particular, in case Ukraine is preparing an offensive in the Donbas.
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“Taking into account the fact that, in addition to the US Navy, it is planned to use tactical, patrol and strategic aviation, as well as contingents of the armed forces of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine, there is a study of the alleged theater of military operations in the event that Kiev prepares a military solution in the south- east “, – reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Also, according to Moscow, the exercises are supposedly a destabilizing factor in the Black Sea region with the aim of “military development of the territory of Ukraine.”
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