Europe 1 with AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Western countries of exacerbating tensions in Ukraine and the Black Sea, further denouncing flights of “strategic bombers” near Russian borders. “Our Western partners are worsening the situation by delivering modern weapons to Kiev and carrying out provocative military exercises in the Black Sea and other areas close to our border,” he said at a ministry meeting. Russian Foreign Office.
“Regarding the Black Sea, it really exceeds certain limits. Strategic bombers fly 20 kilometers from our borders and carry, as we know, very dangerous weapons,” continued the Russian president. He also criticized Westerners for considering Moscow’s warnings “superficially” on crossing “red lines”. “Our concerns and warnings about NATO’s expansion to the east have been completely ignored,” he continued.
Growing tensions especially on Ukraine
These remarks come against a backdrop of growing tensions between Moscow and Western countries. NATO, Washington, Paris, and Berlin have denounced in recent days a reinforcement of Russian troops on the eastern borders of Ukraine, where a war with pro-Russian separatists has been underway since 2014. The same year, Moscow annexed the peninsula. Ukrainian woman from the Crimea, in response to a pro-Western revolution.
Russia has already carried out large-scale military maneuvers near Ukraine in the spring of 2021, raising fears of an invasion. Kiev, which initially downplayed the scale of the deployment of Russian forces at its borders, changed tone on Thursday, notably asking for arms deliveries to its Western allies.
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