Media: NATO plans to make five new military bases in Eastern Europe
NATO plans to make five new military bases in Eastern Europe, informs German magazine.
according to the publication, these databases will be posted by 4 000 people from the military departments rapid response. According to the printed edition, so NATO is supposed to guarantee the security of member countries from Russia, whose position in Ukraine the Alliance sees As an encroachment on the sovereignty of neighboring countries.
in the middle of the week, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the Alliance plans to deploy a fresh base in Eastern Europe. Russia said that the strengthening of the visible military presence of NATO in the East would damage the Euro-Atlantic stability and promised to respond to the actions of NATO in the East to protect its security.
before in connection with the situation around Ukraine, NATO has adopted a number of measures that the Alliance explains the necessity of ensuring the security of the allies. Were strengthened mission air patrol in the Baltic countries, the aircraft with radar equipment make regular flights over the territory of Poland and Romania, there is an additional NATO ships in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas. In addition, the Alliance said about the increase in the constant presence of staff, program expansion exercises, strengthening early warning systems and strengthening the capacity of the response force.
Russia in connection with the events in Ukraine have announced an unprecedented increase in military activity of NATO in the European Union.