The Secretary of defense Ashton Carter has admitted that the actions of Russia in the situation around Ukraine, which in the U.S. capital is interpreted as " aggression ", became for US a surprise.
"We didn't want these new challenges, because in the last fifteen years We were busy - we had Iraq and Afghanistan, we had a lot of things in the world. But then suddenly We have accepted this behavior from Russia, "said Carter, speaking before the U.S. army, RIA" Novosti ". The Minister of defence of the USA, which these days is with a trip to Estonia, spoke before the soldiers participating in the NATO exercise "BALTOPS" in the Baltic sea. NATO called teachings a response to "Russian aggression" in Ukraine. This was the main theme in the process numerous speeches of the Minister of defense in the last days. So, at a press conference in Tallinn, he said that North America is ready to place in seven European countries, 250 armored vehicles. Create the size of company or battalion will be deployed in Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Germany. Ukrainian authorities and Western countries have repeatedly accused the Russian Federation of interfering in Ukraine's internal Affairs. Moscow has stated many times that had nothing to do with events in the South-East of Ukraine, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. In the capital of Russia emphasize that all the charges against her are unproven.
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