The US is preparing to send F-35 to the borders of Russia

Air force United States send their newest fighters to the borders of Russia in the framework of the program, created after Russia annexed Crimea to Ukraine in 2014, according to CNN.

F-35A will fly from the UK to Estonia in the coming days, the official said. Estonia, a former Soviet Republic, has a nearly 200-mile border with Russia. The F-35 will be deployed in Romania. Estonia and Romania feared Russian aggression after the annexation of Crimea to Russia. According to officials, the deployment of the F-35A in Europe is part of the Initiative to ensure European security, created after the annexation.

The F-35 are only the latest example of aircraft the U.S. air force, sent to Europe in connection with the European initiative for security. Others include the F-22, F-16, F-15 and A-10. Thousands of US army was also deployed in Europe in the framework of this programme, including in January in Poland with great fanfare he sent the army group a combat brigade of the US army.

Russian officials called the deployment "a threat to us." "This action threatens our interests, our security," - said the press Secretary of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov. The movement of the F-35, 8 of which arrived in the UK on 15 April from its base in Utah, occurs in the same time as Russian bombers are flying along the coast of Alaska.

American fighter 4 times to intercept Russian planes in the area identification of the Alaskan air defense last week, said US officials. While these flights did not pose a real military threat, the official representatives of the Ministry of defense pay attention to high frequency with which they occurred last week. Moscow, for its part, stated that it "conducts regular patrols over neutral waters of Arctic, Atlantic, Black sea and Pacific ocean."

"All these missions are carried out in strict accordance with international standards and in relation to national borders," - reads the statement of the Russian Ministry of defense.

Similarly, the United States said that the deployment of the F-35 was not a response to any specific recent incident.

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